West Bengal Board 2026 LIVE: WBCHSE Class 12 English, Hindi paper begins; timetable, exam analysis

The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) has commenced the WB Class 12 board exams 2026 for language paper for 7.1 lakh students from 10 am. The WB Uchha Madhyamik board exams will be held in a single shift until 1:15 pm across the state. The council will conduct the West Bengal Class 12 exam for English, Hindi, and other languages today.

The pen and paper WBCHSE Class 12 semester 3, 4 and supplementary exams will be held from February 12 to 27 at approximately 2,100 locations. The WB board has advised students to reach their respective exam centres half an hour before the reporting time for verification and frisking process.

The West Bengal board will conduct the language paper for Bengali, English, Hindi, Nepali, Urdu, Santhali, Odia, Telugu, Gujarati, and Punjabi today.

Also read CBSE Class 12 answer scripts to be checked via on-screen marking from 2026: Board

WBCHSE HSC 2026: Prohibited items, strict measures

Around 7.1 lakh students will be appearing in the WBCHSE Class 12 board exams 2026 and the documents required at the exam venue include a registration certificate issued by the school, and a govt photo ID or school ID card.

Those who have not yet acquired their WBSCHE Class 12 admit card can collect its from their respective schools because no student will be allowed inside the exam hall ticket without showing their WB Class 12 board exam admit card.

The WB Uchha Madhyamik Board has installed CCTV surveillance at all exam locations to ensure a fair and transparent process. The WB board has designated more than 100 exam centres as “sensitive” and set up stringent monitoring measures.

Electronic devices, written material, bags, smart watches and similar prohibited items cannot be brought inside examination venues, as per the official guidelines.

“Only the examinees of Higher Secondary Examination, 2026 under the Old System may bring and use the calculator (enabling normal calculations with trigonometric, exponential & logarithmic functions) in the examination hall,” the guidelines said.