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Grace Marks to SSLC/Higher Secondary Examination-Guidelines, Forms, Application

Updated 12 Mar 2026
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Grace marks are given to SSLC/Higher Secondary school going regular candidates for their achievements in state level competitions during their first and second year separately in the respective First/Second year Higher secondary examinations. 
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The benefit of eligible grace marks for achievements in the First year course shall be awarded for the First year examination only and for achievement in the Second year course, for the Second year examination only. Grace marks are awarded for the achievements in the 
following items:-

State Kalolsavam & Sasthrolsavam

Grace marks are given to the winners in the State Level School Youth Festival & Sasthramela as given below.
Grace Mark for SSLC and Higher Secondary

Special School Kalolsavam:

Grace marks are given to Special School Kalolsavam
Grace Mark


JRC, SPC & Bala Sasthra Congress:

Grace marks are awarded to participants of JRC, SPC, and Balasastra Congress as follows.
JRC SPC Balasasthra Congress

Scout & Guide

Grace marks are awarded to participants of Scout & Guide as follows.
scout & Guide

National Service Scheme(NSS)

Grace marks are awarded to participants of NSS as follows.
NSS Garce Mark

Little Kites, Bala Sree Awards, Quiz Competition by State Legal Services Authority, Jawaharlal Nehru National Exhibition:

Grace marks are awarded to participants of Little Kites, Bala Sree Awards, Quiz Competition by State Legal Services Authority, Jawaharlal Nehru National Exhibition

little kites grace mark

Sargolsavam & Southern India Science Fair

Grace marks are awarded to participants of sargolasam & Science fair as follows
sargolsavam

Sports and Games:

Grace marks are given to candidates for their achievements in the sports and games as detailed below.

International Level

grace mark sports international level

National Level

grace mark sports national level

State Level(General Education)

State sports grace mark

State Level(Sports Council)

sports council grace mark

NCC Cadets:

Grace mark will be awarded to NCC Cadets during Second Year only on satisfying the following conditions.
acc grace mark

School Social Service Scheme

grace mark school social service scheme

YIP Sasthrapadham

YIP Grace Mark

Conditions for Awarding Grace Marks:

1.The benefit of eligible grace marks for achievements in the First year course shall be awarded for the First year examination only and for achievement in the Second year course, for the Second year examination only. 

2.The preference will be for attaining minimum mark for becoming ‘Eligible’ i.e, grade D+. Second preference will be for lifting the lowest grade to the next higher grade and so on.

3.When a student is eligible for grace marks for different items, the item with highest grace mark only will be considered.

4.If a student appears for lesser number of papers only, the percentage will be calculated based on the number of papers appeared for. If the student appears for SAY, the grace mark will be calculated for the papers appeared in SAY scheme. 

5.Grace marks will not be given for subsequent appearances.

6.A candidate who has secured the maximum scores for a paper is not eligible for grace marks for that subject and those marks will not be transferred to any other subject.

7.Grace marks will be given to the candidates irrespective of whether they are eligible for higher studies or not in the examinations.

8.Grace marks for NCC and NSS shall be awarded at the Second Year Higher Secondary Examination only.

9. Awarding any grace marks, the maximum grace mark that can be allotted to a subject is limited to raising the score of that subject to 90%. The grace marks awarded to each subject shall be shown separately in the certificate/score sheet(Page 66, Higher Secondary Examination Manual 2022).
Govt Order 2026
Awarding Grace Mark to SSLC/Higher Secondary/VHSE Examinations-Revised Govt Order. Govt Order No(Ms) 65/2026/GEN EDN dtd 12-03-2026
Govt Order 2025
YIP-Grace Mark Sanctioned.Govt order GO(P) No. 5075/2025/GenEdn dtd 02-08-2025
Awarding Grace Mark 2024-25. Circular dtd 15-04-2025
Awarding Grace Mark 2024-25. Govt Order GO(P) No. 2450/2025/Gen.Edn dtd 03-04-2025
Previous Govt Order Archive
Awarding Grace Mark 2023-24. Govt Order GO(P) No. 2817/2024/Gen.Edn dtd 25-04-2024
Awarding Grace Mark-LA Question & Answer dtd 15-02-2024
Awarding Grace Mark to NCC cadets-Revised Govt Order. Govt Order GO(MS) No.4367/2023/Gen.Edn dtd 01-08-2023
Awarding Grace Mark to SSLC/Higher Secondary/VHSE Examinations-Revised Govt Order. Govt Order No 2877/2023/GEN EDN dtd 15-05-2023
Awarding Grace Mark to SSLC/Higher Secondary/VHSE Examinations-Modified Govt Order. Govt Order No 2828/2023/GEN EDN dtd 10-05-2023
Awarding Grace Mark to Sports/Games-Clarification Circular dtd 25-04-2023
Awarding Grace Mark to Higher Secondary Examinations-DGE Circular dtd 24-04-2023
Awarding Grace Mark to SSLC Examination-Revised Norms. Circular dtd 22-04-2023
Awarding Grace Mark to Higher Secondary Examinations-Revised Norms. Govt Order No 2534/2023/GEN EDN dtd 20-04-2023
Related Downloads
NSS Certificate and Grace mark entry-Circular and Help file dtd 26-04-2023
Higher Secondary Exam Manual-GO No.394/2022/GenEdn dtd 18-01-2022
How to upload NSS Grace Mark-Help file for Schools by Rajesh N S(Video)
How to upload NSS Grace Mark-Help file for Schools(PDF)
How to upload NCC Grace Mark-Help file for Schools(PDF)
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