AISSEE 2027: 80 Days to the 31 January Exam — Your November-to-January Countdown Plan

Last verified: 12 November 2026. Exam date, application window, fees and pattern are ✅ CONFIRMED from the NTA public notice of 3 November 2026, as reported by The Times of India and Education Times. The exam-city (11 January) and admit-card (25 January) dates are 🔶 EXPECTED — reported from the NTA notice by one secondary source and not yet visible on the official portal; treat them as planning dates and confirm in January.

80 days. That’s the whole story now

The form is open, the date is fixed, and the countdown has a real number on it: 80 days from today, 12 November, to the exam on Sunday, 31 January 2027. Class 6 sits from 2:00 to 4:30 PM; Class 9 from 2:00 to 5:00 PM. Both papers are pen-and-paper OMR tests, and — the fact that changes everything about exam-day strategy — there is no negative marking.

Here’s the thing parents get wrong at this stage: they treat November as “still plenty of time” and January as “suddenly too late”. The truth is in the middle. Eighty days is enough to finish the syllabus properly and still get six or seven full mock papers in. It is not enough to start from zero in January. The plan below splits the time the way it actually works — form first, then syllabus, then mocks.

The full timeline, November to January

The two January dates carry the EXPECTED label for a reason. They are reported from the NTA notice by a secondary source, and the official portal does not display them yet. Use them to plan — book nothing non-refundable around them — and verify on the portal in January.

What to finish this month

November is the form month, not the panic month. Three jobs, in this order:

1. Submit the form. The fee is Rs. 850 for General, OBC (NCL) and defence wards, and Rs. 700 for SC/ST candidates. Keep the confirmation page and fee receipt — you will need the application number for everything after this.
2. Finish the syllabus’s weak half. By 30 November, every chapter should have been studied at least once. Maths carries half the marks in both papers, so it gets half the study time. That’s not a suggestion; that’s the paper.
3. Start one full paper a week. Not a chapter test — a full 150-minute (Class 6) or 180-minute (Class 9) paper, at 2 PM, phone in another room. The 2 PM start matters: your child should be used to thinking hard at that hour, not at 9 AM.

December: corrections, then revision

The first week of December is admin: late-fee window if you missed the deadline, correction window from 7 December to fix errors. After that, the form is done — stop touching it.

From mid-December, the pattern flips. New studying shrinks; revision grows. This is when mock analysis earns its keep: every paper gets reviewed the same evening, mistakes sorted into “didn’t know”, “knew but rushed” and “silly slip”, and the next week’s study targets exactly those buckets. A child who analyses five mocks properly improves faster than one who solves fifteen and never looks back.

January: taper, don’t cram

The last three weeks are for consolidation. Two full papers a week until about 24 January, then taper: light revision, formula sheets, and one final paper a few days before the exam — never the day before. The qualifying bar is 25% in each section and 40% overall (not applicable to SC/ST candidates), so the last week should protect the weakest section, not chase the strongest.

One more honest note. The result date has not been announced, and anyone quoting one is guessing. After the exam come the merit lists, medical examination, document verification and e-counselling — but that’s a February conversation. Right now, the only date that matters is 31 January.

FAQs

How many days are left for the AISSEE 2027 exam? 80 days from 12 November 2026. The exam is on Sunday, 31 January 2027, at 2 PM — 150 minutes for Class 6 and 180 minutes for Class 9.

When does the AISSEE 2027 application window close? 2 December 2026 at 11:50 PM. A late-fee window of Rs. 500 runs from 3 to 6 December, and the correction window is 7 to 9 December 2026.

When will the AISSEE 2027 exam city and admit card be announced? The exam city is expected around 11 January 2027 and the admit card around 25 January 2027, as reported from the NTA notice. These dates are not yet confirmed on the official portal, so check exams.nta.nic.in/sainik-school-society in January.

Is there negative marking in AISSEE 2027? No. AISSEE 2027 is a pen-and-paper OMR test with multiple-choice questions and no negative marking, so every question is worth attempting.

Sources

• The Times of India — “AISSEE 2027 registration begins, NTA opens application window for Sainik Schools admissions, exam on January 31” (3 November 2026): https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/aissee-2027-registration-begins-nta-opens-application-window-for-sainik-schools-admissions-exam-on-january-31-check-complete-details-here/articleshow/135503477.cms
• Education Times — “Sainik School admission 2027: Online application, eligibility, age limit, exam pattern, fees and important dates” (5 November 2026): https://www.educationtimes.com/news/sainik-school-admission-2027-online-application-eligibility-age-limit-exam-pattern-fees-and-important-dates/articleshow/135555947.cms
• NTA AISSEE 2027 official notice explained — exam-city (11 January) and admit-card (25 January) dates as reported from the NTA public notice of 3 November 2026: https://medium.com/@Ndisainikacademy/aissee-2027-official-notice-explained-dates-application-and-89-day-preparation-plan-8ca27af3c18d
• Official AISSEE portal (NTA): https://exams.nta.nic.in/sainik-school-society

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