West Bengal Class 11 Admissions 2022: Cut off reduces to 35 per cent

Earlier, the minimum percentage of marks was 45 per cent, but the Council has now reduced it to 35 per cent.

West Bengal Class 11 Admissions: West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education has decreased the cut-off to 35 per cent in certain subjects for students to take up science-based elective subjects in Class 11, a notice issued by the concerned authorities informed. Earlier, the minimum percentage of marks was 45 per cent, but the Council has now reduced it to 35 per cent.

Cut off reduced from 45 per cent to 35 per cent

The official notice released by the authority reads, "As directed, the council is pleased to publish the criteria of minimum percentage of marks in a subject, a student must obtain in Madhyamik Examination or its equivalent examination, in order to be eligible for taking up certain Science-based elective subjects.”

A minimum of 35 per cent in mathematics is required by students interested in taking up mathematics or statistics or computer science as elective subjects. Similarly, for biological science, the cut-off is 35 per cent in life science. Students who prefer admission to Class 11 with physics or chemistry or both as the elective subjects must have at least 35 per cent marks in physical science in the Class 10 board exams.

In 2021, the department raised the cut off to 45 per cent because Class 10 board exams could not be conducted in view of COVID-19. The decision was taken as almost all were expected to meet the criteria owing to the high scores last year. However, this year, the cut off has been reduced to 35 per cent.

The council, in another notice, increased the maximum number of seats from 275 to 400 in every higher secondary school.

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