**Summary of NIOS Public Examination Announcement (April 2026)**
The Ministry of Education, through the Press Information Bureau (PIB) Mumbai, has announced that the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) Public Examination (Theory) for Secondary and Senior Secondary courses is scheduled to begin on Friday, April 10, 2026.
NIOS conducts public examinations twice a year, during the April–May and October–November periods. For the upcoming April 2026 session, examinations will be held at designated centers throughout the states of Maharashtra and Goa.
**Logistics and Online Resources:**
* **Examination Schedule:** The official date sheet is currently available on the NIOS website.
* **Hall Tickets:** Theory examination hall tickets will be released shortly for download.
* **Official Portal:** [https://sdmis.nios.ac.in/](https://sdmis.nios.ac.in/)
**Contact and Release Information:**
* **Release ID:** 2246001
* **Date of Posting:** March 27, 2026
* **PIB Representatives:** Harshal Akude and Darshana Rane (PIB Pune)
* **Email:** pibmumbai[at]gmail[dot]com
* **Social Media Handles:** @PIBMumbai (Twitter), /PIBMumbai (Facebook and YouTube), /pibmumbai (Instagram)
Key Entities Referenced
National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS): The autonomous organization under the Ministry of Education responsible for conducting public examinations for open schooling students.
NIOS Public Examination: The biannual theory assessment for Secondary and Senior Secondary courses scheduled to commence in April 2026.
Maharashtra and Goa: The specific Indian states where the designated examination centers for this notification are located.
Ministry of Education
The NIOS Public Examination will start from
Friday, 10th April 2026
Posted On: 27 MAR 2026 3:13PM by PIB Mumbai
Pune, 27 March 2026
The National Institute of Open Schooling conducts Public Examinations twice a year, in the
months of April–May and October–November, on dates fixed by the NIOS Headquarters.
The NIOS Public Examination (Theory) for Secondary and Senior Secondary Courses for April
2026 is scheduled to be held from 10th April 2026 at designated examination centres in the
states of Maharashtra and Goa. The date sheet is available on the NIOS website:
https://sdmis.nios.ac.in/
The hall tickets for the theory examination will be released soon and may be downloaded from
the NIOS website:
https://sdmis.nios.ac.in/
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