About 6.6 lakh students appeared for Monday's West Bengal first ever class 12 board exam under the new semester system.
The shift was a historic one from the traditional annual examination system in existence since 1978 and where the last such test was held this March.
SHIFT TO NEW FORMAT
The students of the state board already took the semester pattern in class 11 and continued with the same trend in their final year of school.
Council president Chiranjib Bhattacharya had earlier confirmed the introduction of the semester system as per the new state education policy.
"The students, who had passed first and second semester exams of class 11, appeared for third semester exams (of class 12) at 2,106 centers in the state," Bhattacharya said.
Exams were conducted between 10 am and 11.15 am. The officials said that stringent checks had been put in place to check transparency.As per official data, the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE), female candidates accounted for 56.03 percent of exam-takers.
SECURITY AND SENSITIVE VENUES
122 of the total centres were categorized as 'sensitive', requiring additional surveillance.
STRUCTURE OF THE SEMESTER SYSTEM
Detailing the new trend, Bhattacharya further said that question papers for semesters one and three would contain multiple-choice questions, intended to test reasoning abilities and critical thinking.
Semesters two and four would have written answers, short answers and development quotient parts intended to maintain students' writing proficiency.
Class 12 semester examinations will continue up to August 22.
6.6 lakh students appear West Bengal's first Class 12 semester exams
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