West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) has lowered the cut-off to 35 p.c in sure topics for college students to take up science-based elective topics in Class 11, in keeping with a discover issued by the authorities involved.The minimal proportion of marks has been decreased from 45 per cent.
“As directed, the council is pleased to publish the criteria of minimum percentage of marks a student must obtain in Madhyamik Examination or its equivalent examination, in order to be eligible for taking up certain Science-based elective subjects,” WBCHSE stated.
Those who want to take up arithmetic or statistics or pc science as elective topics have to acquire a minimal of 35 per cent in arithmetic, and equally, for organic science, the cut-off is 35 per cent in life science.
Students preferring admission to class 11 with physics or chemistry or each because the elective topics will need to have at the least 35 per cent marks in bodily science within the class 10 board exams.
According to Chiranjib Bhattacharya, president, WBCHSE the cut-off proportion mark was raised to 45 per cent in 2021 as the category 10 board exams couldn’t be carried out in view of COVID-19 and virtually all had been anticipated to satisfy the standards owing to the excessive scores final 12 months.
The council, in one other discover, elevated the utmost variety of seats from 275 to 400 in each greater secondary faculty.
With inputs from PTI.
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