West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) has stated that it will be considering the advice of the higher education department on introducing a semester based curriculum for the class 11 and 12 students in the state board henceforth.
A section of the media recently reported that the WBCHSE might think about effecting a semester-based curriculum modelled on the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in the two-year higher secondary courses from next year or later.
WBCHSE after removing Mahua Das from the post following the protests across the state by students who failed the Higher Secondary Examinations. The state government appointed Dr. Bhattacharya former pro-vice-chancellor of Jadavpur University as the chief of WBCHSE.
Due to pandemic the examination was not conducted and students were evaluated based on an alternative assessment based on the marks obtained by the students in the previous examinations. The students who failed the exams were roughly around 18000 and they were declared passed after re-evaluation following the intervention from the state government.
