Higher Secondary Education
West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education looks after the education system in 10+2. Main office at Salt Lake, Kolkata along with 4 regional offices.
10:00 am to 1:15 pm (03 hours 15 minutes) Except Health & Physical Education, Visual Arts and Music for which time will be from 10:00 am to 12.00 noon (02 hours)
Starts from 8th September, 2025. Ends on 22nd September, 2025. Dates are: 08.09.2025, 09.09.2025, 10.09.2025, 11.09.2025, 12.09.2025, 13.09.2025, 15.09.2025, 16.09.2025, 18.09.2025, 19.09.2025, 20.09.2025, 22.09.2025.
Students have to select three (3) Compulsory Elective subjects & one (1) Optional Elective subject from any one of the following Sets of the subjects:
Detailed Syllabus (Bengali Medium) of Class XI and XII (H.S.) published by West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education for Arts, Commerce and Science stream.
All students enrolled in class-XI in different Government/ Government Aided/ Sponsored Schools/ Madrasahs are eligible for Taruner Swapno Scheme.
The Higher Secondary (Senior Secondary) or 10+2 Course will consist of four parts, i.e. Semester I, Semester II, Semester III and Semester IV.
Higher Secondary Practical and Project Examinations (under Semester and Old Yearly System), 2026 will commence from 02/03/2026 and continue till 23/03/2026.
All Head of the Institutions to conduct Semester-II, Semester-I Supplementary, Practical and Project Examinations of the students of Class-XI (AY: 2025-2026) within March, 2026.
Council is publishing the Reduced Syllabus and Question pattern for Science Subjects for Class XI Annual Examination 2022 and HS Examination 2022.
Council is again publishing the discarded portions of the Syllabus for all subjects [other than Science Subjects] for Class XI Annual Examination 2022 and HS Examination 2022.