Kerala’s SSLC (Class 10) exams for 2027 will run from 1 March to 30 March, according to the notification issued by Pareeksha Bhavan on 12 November. Papers start at 9:30 AM. The only exception is Chemistry on 8 March, which is in the afternoon. Mathematics is the last paper. Higher Secondary (Plus Two) exams start on 2 March, according to reports.
Schools will register students on a new online system, the Unified Examination Management System (UEMS), from 18 November.
Kerala SSLC 2027 timetable
| Date | Time | Paper |
|---|---|---|
| Mon, 1 March | 9:30 to 11:15 AM | First Language Part I (Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Urdu, Gujarati, Additional English, Additional Hindi, Sanskrit, Arabic) |
| Wed, 3 March | 9:30 to 11:15 AM | First Language Part II (Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Special English, Fisheries Science, Arabic and Sanskrit Oriental) |
| Fri, 5 March | 9:30 to 11:15 AM | Third Language: Hindi / General Knowledge |
| Mon, 8 March | 2 to 3:45 PM | Chemistry |
| Fri, 12 March | 9:30 to 11:15 AM | Physics |
| Tue, 16 March | 9:30 AM to 12:15 PM | Second Language: English |
| Thu, 18 March | 9:30 to 11:15 AM | Biology |
| Tue, 23 March | 9:30 AM to 12:15 PM | Social Science |
| Tue, 30 March | 9:30 AM to 12:15 PM | Mathematics |
- IT practical exam: 1 to 15 February.
- Each paper has 15 minutes of cool-off time at the start, included in the times above.
- The exam is held in Malayalam, English, Tamil and Kannada medium.
- The notice says the timing of papers may change if new government orders require it.
Registration and fee dates
Regular students do not apply on their own. The school registers them. Private candidates apply through the head of their exam centre.
- 18 to 29 November: candidate registration and fee collection on UEMS. Exam centres accept applications and fees without a fine from 18 to 28 November.
- 30 November: head teachers confirm the registrations and pay the fees without a fine.
- 1 to 5 December: late registration with a fine. The fine must be paid by 7 December.
- 9 December: provisional candidate lists published.
- 18 to 31 December: final window for head teachers to correct candidate details online.
The exam fee is Rs 30 for school students. Private candidates pay Rs 20 a paper, and the betterment category Rs 200. The late fine is Rs 10. Students below the poverty line in government and aided schools pay no exam fee. Scheduled Caste and other eligible students pay none for their first two attempts, and Scheduled Tribe students pay none for up to five years. Candidates also pay Rs 15 for the SSLC card. Students from recognised orphanages and government welfare institutions are exempt from it.
Some reports gave other fee deadlines for the SSLC. They do not match the notice, so go by the dates above.
What to do now
- Check your name, date of birth, photo and subjects with your school before the head teacher confirms them on 30 November. Errors on the SSLC certificate are harder to fix later.
- School students need 85% attendance in 2026-27 to sit the exam, under the notice.
- Plan revision around the gaps. The first three papers come on alternate days, but there are six days between Social Science on 23 March and Mathematics on 30 March.
Plus Two and results
Higher Secondary, Vocational Higher Secondary and Kalamandalam exams will run from 2 to 30 March. Results for all of them are expected in the first week of May. These dates were announced by Education Minister N Samsudheen and reported by Mathrubhumi and The Indian Express. We could not load the Directorate of Higher Secondary Education’s website to check its own notice, and we will update this story when we do.
For the subject-wise timetable PDF, see the Kerala Board timetable page. For how Kerala fits with other boards, see our Board Exams 2027 calendar.
Source: Pareeksha Bhavan, Office of the Commissioner for Government Examinations, SSLC Examination March 2027 notification No. EX/CGL(1)/51200/2026/CGE, dated 12 November 2026, on pareekshabhavan.kerala.gov.in. Higher Secondary dates as reported.
