West Bengal Class 12 third-semester exams rescheduled to October 12, 13, 14

The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education on Thursday postponed the higher secondary third-semester exams by a week due to bypolls in two assembly constituencies -- Nandigram and Rejinaqar -- on October 6, officials said. According to a notification issued by the council, the exams scheduled for October 5, 6 and 7 will now be held on October 12, 13 and 14, respectively. The exam scheduled for October 5 will be held on October 12 from 11 am to 12.30 pm.

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The subjects include mathematics, business mathematics and business statistics, basic mathematics for social science, agriculture, journalism and mass communication, Sanskrit, Persian and Arabic. The October 6 exam has been rescheduled to October 13, from 11 am to 12.30 pm. It will cover cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, data science, sociology, fisheries and aquaculture. The exam scheduled for October 7 will now be held on October 14, from 11 am to 12.30 pm. The subjects include biological science, political science, and costing and taxation.