West Bengal Adopts Semester System for Class 11 Beginning 2024, Class 12 to Implement in 2025-26

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West Bengal Adopts Semester System for Class 11 Starting 2024, Class 12 to Implement in 2025-26

The West Bengal Council of Greater Secondary Training (WBCHSE) has introduced implementation of semester system for Eleventh-grade courses beginning within the 2024-2025 educational 12 months. Chiranjib Bhattacharya, the council president, additionally introduced that the semester system for Twelfth-grade courses will likely be launched within the educational session of 2025-2026.
This shift within the schooling system aligns with the brand new state schooling coverage proposed final August.The coverage beneficial transitioning to a semester-based method for larger secondary schooling, which includes splitting examinations into two elements.
“On behalf of the West Bengal Council of Greater Secondary Training, we’re glad to announce that the Faculty Training Division, Govt. of WB has given us permission vide memo no. 340-SED-11099/312/2023 dated 06.03.2024 to introduce the Semester System on the Greater Secondary Degree from the Tutorial Session 2024-25 for Class XI and subsequently from the Tutorial Session 2025-26 for Class XII. The detailed syllabus and semester-wise implementation technique will likely be uploaded quickly.,” reads the official discover.
Chiranjib Bhattacharya, the president of the council, introduced that the state has given the inexperienced mild to the semester system plan. College students scheduled to take the HS exams in 2025-2026 would be the first to expertise the break up exams, which is able to occur twice a 12 months. These at the moment within the Eleventh grade and taking the HS exams in 2025 would be the final group underneath the state board to take a seat for the one board exams masking Eleventh and Twelfth grades.
The syllabus for Eleventh and Twelfth grades are getting a makeover, with every year divided into two semesters. Class XI can have two semesters, and the outcomes for the HS exams in 2026 will likely be decided by scores from each semesters’ exams, scheduled for November and March. The November exams will characteristic multiple-choice questions (MCQs), whereas the March exams will embody descriptive and short-answer questions.
The council’s plan is to rework the present two-year examination system right into a four-semester construction. Board exams will happen after the third and fourth semesters. In addition they urged having the third-semester examination in a multiple-choice query (MCQ) format.
The schooling coverage, developed by a committee particularly for West Bengal, has agreed to take care of the prevailing 4+4+2+2 construction. Below this method, college students endure 4 years of foundational schooling, adopted by 4 years in higher main (preparatory stage), after which two years (Lessons 9 and 10) of secondary schooling.
The president of the council talked about that they’d quickly present detailed curriculum info and the association of topics by semester on the council’s web site.
(With inputs from PTI & TNN)