WBCHSE introduces AI, Cyber Security, project-based subjects in HS curriculum from 2026–27

The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) has announced the inclusion of several new subjects under the Higher Secondary (HS) curriculum from the upcoming academic session.

In the official announcement WBCHSE said that the decision aims to introduce contemporary and skill-oriented subjects aligned with current academic and industry trends .

The Council has decided to introduce selected subjects under two streams:

• Council Assisted Courses (CAC)

• Council Taught Courses (CTC)

Under the CAC category, the following new subjects will be launched:

• Artificial Intelligence & Data Science (AIDS)

• Applied Artificial Intelligence (APAI)

• Cyber Security (CBST)

For these courses, the Council will organise regular online sessions after school hours for enrolled students.

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WBCHSE new courses; hybrid model

WBCHSE has proposed introducing project-based subjects under the CTC category. Under CTC, the council will directly supervise and manage the teaching process.The proposed subjects include:

• Entrepreneurship and Related Legal Rights (ERLR)

• Intellectual Property Rights and Laws (IPRL)

• Indology (INDO)

• Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship (SDGC)

The council stated that while the primary mode of instruction will be online, district-level offline classes may also be conducted if required. Schools will be permitted to apply for offering these subjects based on prescribed criteria. A database of participating schools and enrolled students will be maintained, and qualified subject experts will be engaged for teaching through online platforms such as Zoom, supplemented by pre-recorded lectures.

In the previous academic year, the council had discontinued the below two subjects which were were introduced in the 2023–24 session :

• Artificial Intelligence (ARTI)

• Data Science and Technology (DTSC)

At the same time, new subjects were added to the higher secondary curriculum for class 12 students, including:

• Environmental Science (EVSC)

• Fisheries and Aquaculture (FSAQ)

• Business Mathematics and Basic Statistics (BMBS)

• Basic Mathematics and Social Science (BMSS)

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WBCHSE Class 12 exams overs; 98% attendance

The WBCHSE conducted the last Class 12 exam from February 12 to 27 for over 7.10 lakh registered students. Of them, 15,739 were absent, the board said in its statement. Over 97.7% students appeared.

This time, no students wrote the Uccha Madhyamik exams from a police station but 12 were found with mobile phones. Their registration with the board was cancelled and their exams nullified. The council also said that it didn’t receive major complaints about any question paper except mathematics in which some questions were “out-of-syllabus”.

The board exam season also saw two tragedies. On February 17, a school teacher on the way back from invigilation died in an accident; another teacher was injured in the same accident. On February 23, a student on his way to the geography exam was killed in an accident.