WB Madhyamik and HS Exam 2021: West Bengal 10th and 12th board exams canceled, Chief Minister announced

Posted on 7th Jun 2021 by rohit kumar

WB Madhyamik and HS Exam 2021: The Government of West Bengal has canceled this year's board examinations of Secondary and Higher Secondary classes. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced the cancellation of the West Bengal Board's Class 10 and Class 12 board examinations for the academic session 2020-21 today, June 7, 2021, shortly before now. Along with this, the CM said that the evaluation criteria i.e. Evaluation Criteria for preparing the results of secondary and higher secondary classes will be issued soon.

 

Till 2 pm today, opinion was sought from the general public

 

Earlier, the West Bengal government has constituted an expert committee to explore the possibilities of conducting secondary and senior secondary examinations amid the pandemic, determining the mode (online/offline) where possible and the basis for evaluation in case of cancellation. formed recently. Along with this, the state government had also sought an opinion from students, parents, experts, and the general public regarding the conduct of the 10th and 12th examinations. All the stakeholders were to submit their views through email by 2 pm today.

 

It is believed that based on the review of public opinion and the suggestion of the expert committee formed for the examinations, the West Bengal government has announced the cancellation of secondary and higher secondary examinations.

 

Over 20 lakh students affected

 

More than 20 lakh students of government and private schools affiliated with the state board will be affected due to the decision of the West Bengal government to cancel the board examinations of secondary and higher secondary classes. Of these, more than 12 lakh students are from secondary classes while 8.5 lakh are from higher secondary classes.

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