The Directorate of Higher Secondary Education, Kerala – DHSE Kerala has released Kerala Plus Two Timetable 2021 online. The exam is going to start from March 17, 2021, onwards, and will end on March 30, 2021. Whereas, for the Arts stream, the exam is going to be conducted from March 17 till 25, 2021. The decision to hold board exams in the month of March has been taken at a high-level meeting chaired by the Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan.
The board is going to conduct the exams by following the COVID-19 guidelines. Furthermore, from January 1, students can visit the schools to clear their doubts. However, in order to visit the school, they need to take consent from their parents to visit the school. Additionally, to avoid the exam stress, a counselling and model examination is going to be conducted for the students at the school level.
Kerala board class 12th exam timings for subjects without practicals will be conducted from 9:40 am to 12:30 pm including cool off time of 20 minutes. Whereas, the timings for the subjects with practicals except Biology and Music is going to be held from 9:40 am to 12 pm, including cool off time of 20 minutes.

For Kerala Plus Two examination, students will need to submit the application form by January 4, 2021 without late, and the last date to submit the form with late fee is January 8, 2021. The admit card for Kerala Plus Two exam 2021 can be downloaded by the registered students online at dhsekerala.gov.in. It will be out for download on January 10, 2021.
Students who are going to appear for Kerala class 12 board exams in 2021 should note that as of now the time table for theory exam has been released. Practical exam dates will be announced by the school later on.
Other than class 12th, the board has released the notification and exam time table for SSLC, and vocational higher secondary second-year courses. It has been released by Kerala Pareeksha Bhawan online at keralapareekshabhavan.in. To download the datesheet for the respective class, students need to visit the respective board’s official website and then click on the relevant link for the exam notification / date sheet.
When there are many states who have postponed the exams due to the COVID-19 situation, the Kerala board on the other hand has decided to conduct the exams in March as it is held every year. In a webinar held on December 22, the Union Education Minister, Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank announced that CBSE board exams 2021 will not be held in March.