Last verified: 12 November 2026. Exam date, timing and application deadline are ✅ CONFIRMED from the NTA public notice of 3 November 2026 (exam 31 January 2027, 2 PM start; applications 3 November–2 December 2026). Study-load advice in this article is editorial guidance, not an official rule.
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Here is the scene in most homes right now. Your child comes back from school at 3 or 4 PM with homework, a unit test next week, and a notebook full of corrections. Somewhere in the same evening, AISSEE preparation is supposed to happen too — maths, English, intelligence, GK — for an exam 80 days away.
So parents do the obvious thing. They add hours. Homework till 7, AISSEE till 9, and then wonder why the child is crying over a maths problem they solved easily last month.
I have run a school for years, and I will tell you plainly: the children who clear AISSEE are rarely the ones who studied the most hours. They are the ones whose weeks had a shape — school work and AISSEE work in fixed slots, neither eating the other.
With the exam on 31 January 2027, here is a plan that respects both.
School homework first, AISSEE second, every single day.
Homework is due tomorrow. It carries marks. And here is the part parents miss: most school homework is AISSEE preparation in disguise. Class 5 maths homework is the same fractions and percentages AISSEE tests. Class 8 science homework is the same chapters. English homework is the same grammar.
So the rule is not about sacrificing AISSEE. It is about sequence. Homework first, a real break, then one focused AISSEE block. When AISSEE prep starts eating homework time, school marks fall, teachers complain, and your child’s confidence — the thing AISSEE actually runs on — takes the hit.
On a normal school day, your child has about 2 to 2.5 hours of useful study energy after school. Do not plan for more. Here is how to split it:
| Time block | What happens | Why |
|---|---|---|
| 4:00–5:15 PM | School homework + next-day revision | Due tomorrow; protects school marks |
| 5:15–5:45 PM | Break — play, snack, no screens | A tired brain keeps nothing |
| 5:45–7:15 PM | AISSEE block (see the split below) | One subject a day, done properly |
| 7:15 PM onwards | Dinner, family, free reading | Childhood is not a timetable |
The AISSEE block itself should rotate by day, not repeat the same subject:
| Day | AISSEE block (90 minutes) |
|---|---|
| Monday | Maths — 30 new questions + error review |
| Tuesday | English — grammar + 20 vocabulary words |
| Wednesday | Maths — timed 45-minute drill |
| Thursday | Intelligence — pattern and series practice |
| Friday | GK — current affairs + static GK notes |
| Saturday | Mixed revision — the week’s mistakes only |
| Sunday | Full mock at 2 PM (see below) |
Notice what is missing: there is no day where your child does everything. That is deliberate. A child who does a little of four subjects every day remembers none of them properly.
Weekdays cannot fit a full paper. Sundays can. So Sunday has one job: a complete timed mock at 2 PM, the same start time as the real exam.
Class 6 children sit a 150-minute paper. Class 9 children sit 180 minutes. Phone in another room, no breaks, OMR-style answering if you have the sheets. Then — and this matters more than the score — spend 30 minutes going through every wrong answer together and writing the mistake in one notebook.
That mistake notebook is the most valuable thing your child owns by January. It is also the whole point of Saturday’s revision block: re-do only the week’s mistakes, nothing new. Children improve fastest by fixing errors, not by collecting new chapters.
If you want the full Sunday routine, our 80-day mock-test calendar builds the same idea out across the remaining 11 weeks, and our 2 PM exam-aligned daily timetable shows the same rhythm day by day.
Most schools hold unit tests or terminal exams in December. That collides directly with the AISSEE application deadline (2 December) and the correction window (7–9 December). Parents who do not plan for December end up doing everything badly at once.
The rule for exam weeks: shrink, don’t stop. Cut AISSEE work to one 30–40 minute block a day — maths practice plus one section of a previous-year paper. That is it. School exams test the same NCERT base AISSEE is built on, so the work is not wasted; it is just wearing a different uniform for two weeks. Resume the full plan the day school exams end.
And get the form out of the way early. If you have not applied yet, do it this week — well before the 2 December deadline. The correction window in December is for fixing mistakes, not for starting. Our guide on changing your exam centre explains what the correction window can and cannot fix, so read it before you submit.
Print this and stick it on the fridge. If two of these show up in the same week, cut one AISSEE block and add sleep:
A rested child who studies 2 hours learns more than an exhausted one who studies 4. I have watched this play out every single year. The parents who believe it in November are the ones smiling in February.
You do not need a new plan. You need a fixed shape. Tonight, sit with your child and agree on three things: homework first, one AISSEE subject a day, Sunday mock at 2 PM. Write it on paper. Then protect it for two weeks and see what changes.
If your child is a Class 6 aspirant, our 80-day mock-test calendar and our guide on how many hours a Class 6 student should study will help you tune the hours. The exam is 80 days away. That is enough — if the weeks have a shape.
How many hours a day should my child study for AISSEE along with school?
Two to two and a half hours of focused AISSEE work on school days is enough at this stage, plus school homework. That means about 45 minutes of maths, 30 minutes of English or GK, and 30 minutes of intelligence practice or revision. Long 5-hour days backfire — tired children retain less and start hating both school and AISSEE.
Should school homework come first or AISSEE preparation?
School homework comes first, every day. It is due tomorrow, it carries marks, and most of it — maths, English, science — overlaps with AISSEE anyway. Finish homework, take a short break, then do the AISSEE block. Never let AISSEE prep eat into homework time; teachers notice, and school marks dropping hurts confidence.
What should we do on Sundays during AISSEE preparation?
Keep Sunday for the one thing weekdays cannot fit: a full timed mock. Class 6 children should sit a 150-minute paper at 2 PM, the same time as the real exam on 31 January 2027, and Class 9 children a 180-minute paper. The rest of Sunday is revision of the week’s mistakes and rest — not new chapters.
My child’s school exams are in December. Should AISSEE prep pause?
Not pause — shrink. During school exam weeks, cut AISSEE work to one short daily block of 30 to 40 minutes, just maths practice and one previous-year paper section. School exams test the same NCERT base AISSEE is built on, so the work is not wasted. Resume the full plan the day school exams end.
How do I know if my child is overloaded?
Watch for three signs: homework taking twice as long as usual, silly mistakes in questions they know, and dreading study time. If you see two of the three, cut one AISSEE block for a week and add sleep. A rested child who studies 2 hours learns more than an exhausted one who studies 4.
When is the AISSEE 2027 exam and how much time is left?
The AISSEE 2027 exam is on Sunday, 31 January 2027, starting at 2 PM — 150 minutes for Class 6 and 180 minutes for Class 9. From 12 November 2026, that is 80 days. Applications close on 2 December 2026, so if you have not applied yet, do that before anything else.
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