West Bengal Class 12 board exams dates revised to avoid clash with JEE Main 2022
Team Careers360 | March 8, 2022 | 08:48 AM IST | 1 min read
WBCHSE president Chiranjib Bhattacharya said that dates of certain papers have been revised, exams have now been extended up to April 26.
KOLKATA: The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) on Monday announced a change in exam dates for some Class 12 papers to avoid a clash with JEE (Main).
WBCHSE president Chiranjib Bhattacharya told reporters that the exam will commence on April 2 as scheduled but dates of certain papers, slated for April-end, have been revised. Exams have now been extended up to April 26 instead of April 20. Higher Secondary exams could not be held last year due to spike in COVID-19 cases.
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With the coronavirus tally having dipped of late, students will be writing their papers offline this time. As the National Testing Agency has decided to hold (Main) between April 16 and 21, the council revised its dates for chemistry, statistics, economics among other papers to enable the students appear for the entrance exam as well, the WBCHSE president said. All exams will be held in home centres, Bhattacharya added.
Meanwhile, the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) started conducting Madhyamik or Class 10 board exams 2022 from March 7. This year, a total of 11,18,821 students will appear for the exam including 6,21,931 girls and 4,96,890 boys.
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