Last verified: 13 November 2026. The exam date (Sunday, 31 January 2027), timings, paper pattern and application deadlines below are ✅ CONFIRMED from the NTA AISSEE-2027 public notice (3 November 2026) as reported by Education Times (5 November 2026) and the bulletin-based guide by Enunciate Academy (updated 7 November 2026). Qualifying marks (25% per section, 40% aggregate) follow the 2026 bulletin pattern and are labelled 🔶 EXPECTED until the 2027 bulletin confirms them.
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The notification came out on 3 November. You are reading this on 13 November. Somewhere in those ten days, you decided: yes, we are doing this. And now the question is whether 79 days, starting from zero, is enough.
Here is the honest answer first: 79 days is enough. It is not enough to do everything. It is enough to do the things that carry marks.
A child studying two focused hours a day, six days a week, gets roughly 150 hours before the exam. That is a real number — enough to finish the NCERT base, practise every section, and sit six to eight full mock papers. What it cannot do is cover three guidebooks, two coaching batches and a pile of guess papers. So this plan is built on one rule: if it does not carry marks, it gets cut.
Before a single page of Maths, do this. The AISSEE 2027 application closes on 2 December 2026 at 11:50 PM — 19 days from today. The late window (3–6 December, with an extra Rs. 500) exists, but do not plan around it. Apply at exams.nta.nic.in/sainik-school-society, pay the fee (Rs. 850, or Rs. 700 for SC/ST), and download the confirmation page. A form not submitted is the only mistake in this whole process that cannot be fixed by studying harder. The correction window runs 7–9 December, but your mobile number, email and paper medium cannot be changed after submission — get those right the first time.
If you have not applied yet, read our 4 ten-minute checks before you hit submit tonight, and submit tomorrow.
A late starter cannot study “everything”. Study the marks instead.
| Class 6 paper (300 marks, 150 min) | Questions | Marks | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 50 | 150 | Half the paper |
| Language | 25 | 50 | One-sixth |
| Intelligence | 25 | 50 | One-sixth |
| General Knowledge | 25 | 50 | One-sixth |
Class 9 is the same shape at a bigger scale: 400 marks in 180 minutes, with Maths alone worth 200 marks — again, half the paper. English, Intelligence, Science and Social Science are 50 marks each. And remember, the entire Class 9 paper is in English only, including Maths and Science. A Hindi-medium Class 9 child must practise in English from day one, or they will lose marks just reading the questions.
The takeaway is simple and it drives the whole plan: Maths first, always. Half the paper, and the section where two months of steady practice shows fastest.
| Phase | Dates | What happens | Weekly rhythm |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Foundations | 14 Nov – 11 Dec (4 weeks) | NCERT base + Maths daily | 2 hrs/day, one subject per evening |
| 2. Practice | 12 Dec – 8 Jan (4 weeks) | Section tests + first mocks | 1 mock every Sunday, error log every evening |
| 3. Revision | 9 Jan – 31 Jan (3 weeks) | Only revision, no new topics | 2 mocks/week, then taper in the final week |
Phase 1 — foundations (weeks 1–4). Class 6: NCERT Class 5 Maths, cover to cover, one chapter a day — fractions, decimals, percentages, geometry, the chapters that repeat every year. Class 9: NCERT Class 8 Maths plus Class 7 revision for weak spots. Alongside Maths, rotate one other section each evening: Monday Language, Tuesday Intelligence, Wednesday GK, Thursday Science (Class 9) or revision. Friday is the error log — every question your child got wrong that week, done again from scratch. No guidebooks yet. NCERT plus one practice book is enough.
Phase 2 — practice (weeks 5–8). From mid-December, one full mock paper every Sunday, in the real 2:00 PM slot, phone in another room. The mock is not the point — the Sunday-evening review is. Every wrong answer goes into the error log with why it went wrong: concept missing, silly mistake, or ran out of time. By the end of this phase your child should know exactly which ten topics cost them marks, because those ten topics are the whole revision list for January.
Phase 3 — revision (weeks 9–11). No new topics. None. A new chapter started in the last three weeks costs more marks in confusion than it gains in knowledge. Two mocks a week now, formula sheets on the wall, the error log down to zero repeats. The last week is a taper: light revision, normal sleep, and one final mock five days before the exam — never the day before.
School eats the day, so the plan lives in the evening. A shape that works for most families: first hour, Maths — 30 minutes of concept, 30 minutes of questions, timed. Second hour, the rotating subject — Language on Monday, Intelligence on Tuesday, GK on Wednesday, Science or revision on Thursday, error log on Friday. Saturday is a catch-up day, Sunday is mock day. Two hours, six days a week, no exceptions — and genuinely off on the seventh evening, because a tired child retains nothing.
Do: sit with the plan every Sunday night for ten minutes and ask what went wrong that week, not how many marks came. Do: keep the study corner the same every day — same chair, same time, no phone in the room. Do: remind your child that there is no negative marking in AISSEE 2027, so on 31 January they attempt every single question. A guess costs nothing; a blank guarantees zero.
Do not: add hours when a mock goes badly. A bad mock means the plan needs fixing — usually one weak topic, not more hours. Do not: start a new book in January. And do not: let the form sit unfilled while you “prepare first”. The form is the exam. Everything else is practice.
Seventy-nine days from now, your child walks into an exam hall at 2:00 PM. Between today and then, there is no secret — just a form to submit, a Maths book to finish, a mock every Sunday, and an error log that gets shorter every week. Start tonight.
Is 79 days enough to prepare for AISSEE 2027 from zero?
Yes, for a child who is regular with school studies — 79 days at two focused hours a day is about 150 hours, which is enough to cover the NCERT base, practise every section and sit 6 to 8 full mock papers. It is not enough to do everything, so this plan cuts ruthlessly: Maths first, then the child’s weakest section, and no new guidebooks after week 4.
What should a late starter do first for AISSEE 2027?
Fill the application form first, before any studying. The form closes on 2 December 2026 at 11:50 PM, and no amount of preparation helps if the form is not submitted. Keep the confirmation page safe, then start the study plan the same evening.
Which subject should a Class 6 late starter study first?
Maths. It carries 150 of the 300 marks — half the paper — and it is the section where two months of steady practice shows fastest. After Maths, fix the weakest of Language, Intelligence and General Knowledge, one section at a time.
Should we join coaching now, with 79 days left?
Honestly, no — not for most children. A coaching batch starting now will spend its first weeks on orientation and basics your child can cover faster at home with NCERT books and previous-year papers. Spend the money instead on two good practice books and a quiet study corner. If your child needs a teacher for one specific subject, hire help for that subject only.
How many mock tests should a late starter take before AISSEE 2027?
Six to eight full papers. Start with one a week from mid-December, in the real 2:00 PM slot, and review every wrong answer the same evening. A mock without review is just an exam you failed for practice — the review is where the marks come from.
Does the late-starter plan change for Class 9?
The shape is the same but the weights change. Class 9 is a 400-mark paper in English only, and Maths alone is 200 marks — half the paper. A Hindi-medium Class 9 child must also read every practice paper in English from day one, because even the Maths and Science questions come in English.
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