WB Board to follow semester-based curriculum for classes 11, 12

WBCHSE is planning to introduce semester-based curriculum for classes 11 and 12. The final decision, however, is yet to be taken.

The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) is planning to introduce a semester-based curriculum for classes 11 and 12 in the state board from the academic session 2021-22. “The government will take its final decision to conduct the next year's Higher Secondary examination offline after assessing the Covid-19 situation at that time,” said the newly-appointed WBCHSE president Dr Chiranjib Bhattacharya.

According to media reports, the WBCHSE might think about effecting a semester-based curriculum modelled on the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in the two-year higher secondary courses from next year or later.

"The Council will go by what the higher education department recommends, what the minister advises. Things cannot be solely devised by us as there are many factors at stake," Bhattacharya told PTI, indicating that the WBCHSE will not undertake any reform on its own either in 2022 or 2023.

This year, WB Uchcha Madhyamik pariksha could not be conducted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Students were evaluated following an alternative assessment system based on marks obtained by them in previous examinations. The number of students who could not clear the exams was pegged at around 18,000 and they were declared passed after re-evaluation following intervention of the state government.

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