Madhyamik examinations begin in Bengal with nearly 10 lakh students

A full of 9,84,894 students are appearing successful this year’s Madhyamik examinations — 62,000 much than the fig successful 2024. Over 37,400 students are appearing successful Kolkata’s centres alone, a WBBSE authoritative said.

The WBBSE power rooms person been operational 24/7 since February 7 and volition stay progressive until the exams reason connected February 22. The helpline numbers are 033-23213813, 033-23372282, and 033-23592277. The Kolkata Police has acceptable up a dedicated helpline for students, disposable astatine 9432610039.

The West Bengal Transport Corporation (WBTC) has announced peculiar autobus and tram services for Madhyamik examinees connected exam days to guarantee that the examinees scope their introspection centres connected time.

Kolkata constabulary commissioner Manoj Kumar Verma told mediapersons, “We are prepared. There are constabulary successful plain apparel and azygous successful each centres. Police are besides posted successful ferry ghats and connected the roads. (On) insubstantial custody and insubstantial escorting, respective meetings person been held with stakeholders. All guidelines of the committee are being followed.”

The WBBSE precocious released guidelines stating that invigilators, different teachers and non-teaching unit (if contiguous astatine the exam centre) indispensable taxable their mobile phones and different physics gadgets to “their respective Centre Secretary/Venue Supervisor instantly connected reporting… connected introspection days.”

The regularisation volition beryllium applicable connected introspection days from 9 americium to 4 pm. A regular registry volition beryllium made to support a grounds of the gadgets submitted. If immoderate teaching oregon non-teaching unit does not transportation immoderate device, past they would person to springiness a declaration stating the same. In different development, the WBBSE had decided to not deploy immoderate civic volunteers, para teachers oregon contractual teachers wrong introspection centres. The Board has besides asked guardians of examinees to not participate introspection halls. In lawsuit a guardian is required to participate the hall, past s/he volition beryllium frisked by the constabulary connected duty.

“This is being done arsenic it has been seen that radical misuse the entree fixed to them and assistance students to cheat,” said an authoritative source.