November 2026 Defence-School Calendar: Every Date That Matters This Month
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📅 Nov 3, 2026
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🔄 Updated: Nov 12, 2026 at 6:58 PM IST
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⏱️ 5 min read
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📅 Nov 3, 2026
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🔄 Updated: Nov 12, 2026 at 6:58 PM IST
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⏱️ 5 min read
Last verified: 12 November 2026. This is an explainer calendar, not breaking news: no genuinely new development emerged in the last 48 hours beyond items already covered on this site. The 5 November deadlines, the UP admit-card window, and the December exam dates below are CONFIRMED from the sources listed. Dates marked EXPECTED — the RMS city slip, the UP answer key and result, and the AISSEE 2027 exam date — are reported dates awaiting official confirmation, and are labelled as such wherever they appear.
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November is the month when the defence-school admission year pivots from forms to exams. The application windows are nearly all shut, the correction windows are closing, and the first admit cards of the season are weeks away. If your family is in this cycle, here is every date that matters, in order — and, just as importantly, which ones are firm and which ones are still only expected.
| Date | Event | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 3–5 November, till 5 pm | UP Sainik Schools correction window (Lucknow and Gorakhpur, Classes 6 and 9) | CONFIRMED |
| 5 November | Gujarat CET 2027-28 forms close (SEB Gujarat, Class 6 residential schools and Gyansetu scholarship) | CONFIRMED |
| 12 November | Sainik School Goalpara recruitment applications close (13 teaching and non-teaching posts) | CONFIRMED (see our 2 November report) |
| Last week of November | RMS CET exam city intimation slip | EXPECTED |
| After 25 November | UP Sainik Schools admit cards available | EXPECTED |
| 6 December | RIMC entrance exam (written) | CONFIRMED |
| 13 December | RMS CET written exam | CONFIRMED |
| 20 December | UP Sainik Schools entrance exam | CONFIRMED |
| 31 January 2027 | AISSEE 2027 exam (tentative, per NTA calendar) | EXPECTED until the bulletin releases |
The first week of November carried the month’s only hard deadlines, and they collided. The UP Sainik Schools correction window opened on 3 November and closed at 5 pm on 5 November — and the Gujarat CET form window closed the same day. The four fields locked in the UP window were name, class, mobile number and email ID, while the Gujarat CET form is filled by the school, not the parent.
If your family is affected by both — UP applicants in one branch, Gujarat CET in another — handle the UP correction first. It is the one only the applicant family itself can do, and it cannot be reopened after 5 pm on Thursday.
After the 5 November deadlines pass, November quiets down — but the paperwork does not stop. Two things to watch in the second half of the month: the RMS CET city intimation slip, expected in the last week of November, and the UP Sainik Schools admit cards, expected after 25 November. Neither date is a promise until NTA or the UP Society publishes it, so check the official portals rather than trusting forwarded messages. When the UP admit card arrives, compare the name, photograph, and exam centre on it against the corrected form — any mismatch found in December is far harder to fix than one found in November.
The biggest date of the month was the AISSEE 2027 notification — and it has now arrived. NTA opened applications on 3 November 2026, with the exam confirmed for 31 January 2027. Our notification guide has the full schedule, fees and pattern. The practical advice is unchanged: keep the documents ready (birth certificate, school record, photograph, signature, category certificate where applicable), because the window closes on 2 December — barely a month after it opened.
November’s quiet second half is the runway for December’s exam rush: the RIMC entrance exam on Sunday 6 December, RMS CET on Sunday 13 December, and the UP Sainik Schools entrance exam on Sunday 20 December. Families with children in more than one of these cycles should plan travel and revision around those three Sundays now, while November still has room to breathe. Our 80-day countdown plan lays out a week-by-week approach for the AISSEE stretch that follows them.
What is the most urgent defence-school deadline in November 2026?
Two deadlines fall on the same day: the UP Sainik Schools correction window and the Gujarat CET form window both close on 5 November 2026. The UP correction window closes at 5 pm, and after that no corrections are entertained.
Is the AISSEE 2027 notification out yet?
No. As of the last portal check on 31 October 2026, the NTA portal showed no AISSEE 2027 notification. Some portals claim an October release, but that claim does not check out against the official portal, so families should keep documents ready and watch the portal itself.
When do RMS CET admit cards come out?
The RMS CET 2026 admit card is expected on 8 December 2026, ahead of the 13 December exam, with the exam city intimation slip expected in the last week of November. Treat the city-slip date as tentative until NTA publishes it.
Which defence-school exams fall in December 2026?
Three fall on three consecutive Sundays: the RIMC entrance exam on 6 December, RMS CET on 13 December, and the UP Sainik Schools entrance exam on 20 December 2026.
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