HP Board Exams 2026: The Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education has released the datesheet for the annual examinations for classes 3rd, 5th, and 8th. The datesheet has been made available on the HP Board’s official website, hpbose.org. According to the timetable, in schools with winter vacations for the 2025-26 session, exams for classes 3rd and 5th will be held from December 1 to 5th, and exams for class 8th will be held from November 27 to December 6, 2025.
Exam times are scheduled from 9:45 am to 1:00 pm. Students must arrive at school by 9:45 am to ensure seating arrangements are not erratic. It is worth noting that the Himachal Pradesh Board has released the datesheet for classes 3rd, 5th, and 8th. The board will not set question papers for the subjects of Home Science, Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Punjabi, and Urdu for class 8th. The respective schools will prepare the question papers for these subjects and conduct the exams themselves.
Class 3 Datesheet
December 1: Mathematics
December 3: English
December 4: Environmental Education
December 5: Hindi
Class 5 Datesheet
December 1: English
December 2: Hindi
December 4: Mathematics
December 5: Environmental Education
Class 8 Datesheet
November 27: English
November 28: Hindi
November 29: Social Science
December 1: Mathematics
December 2: Folk Culture and Yoga
December 4: Science
December 5: Sanskrit
December 6: Art, Home Science, Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Punjabi, and Urdu
HP Board Exams 2026 Date Sheet PDF
The board has also stated that students will not be allowed to bring calculators, smartwatches, pagers, phones, or other electronic gadgets to the exam centre. For more information, parents can visit the official website.