6.6 lakh students appear for West Bengal’s first-ever Class 12 semester exam

The semester-based class 12 board exams are being held in conformity with the new state education policy, he said.

“The students, who passed the first and second semester exams of class 11, took the third semester exams (of class 12) at 2,106 centres across the state,” Bhattacharya said. The candidates wrote the papers from 10 am to 11.15 am.

Bhattacharya said 122 venues have been categorised as ‘sensitive’.

All electronic devices, including mobile phones, have been prohibited in all the centres, he said, adding all steps were being taken to prevent any malpractice.

The last exam in the annual system, conducted since 1978, was held in March this year.

In the new format, question papers in semesters one and three have multiple-choice questions to promote thinking and reasoning. Semester two and four will have SAQ (short answer question) and DQ (development quotient) to retain the writing abilities, he added.