Overview

• About 6.6 lakh candidates took the first Class 12 semester paper on Monday, with girls comprising 56.03% of examinees.
• Tests were conducted at 2,106 centres statewide after students completed the first two semesters in Class 11.
• The third-semester paper ran from 10:00 to 11:15 am under the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education’s new policy framework.
• Officials designated 122 venues as sensitive and banned all electronic devices to curb malpractice.
• The revised scheme uses multiple-choice questions in semesters one and three, with short-answer and development-quotient items in semesters two and four.