West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education
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West Bengal
Council of Higher Secondary Education is the West Bengal state government administered autonomous examining authority for the Standard 12 examination (or higher secondary level or pre-university level examination) of West Bengal, India
. The examination for the 12th standard is called the Uchyaa Madhyamik or Higher Secondary examination (it is better known by its acronym H.S.). The Higher Secondary examination is conducted annually and simultaneously all over the state of West Bengal and also in affiliates of the board located outside West Bengal, elsewhere in India
.
It has its headquarters at Salt Lake City (Bidhan Nagar), Kolkata, in Kolkata
, India.
Till the 1960s the Higher Secondary Examination
was conducted under the aegis of the University of Calcutta
.
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
Council of Higher Secondary Education is the West Bengal state government administered autonomous examining authority for the Standard 12 examination (or higher secondary level or pre-university level examination) of West Bengal, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. The examination for the 12th standard is called the Uchyaa Madhyamik or Higher Secondary examination (it is better known by its acronym H.S.). The Higher Secondary examination is conducted annually and simultaneously all over the state of West Bengal and also in affiliates of the board located outside West Bengal, elsewhere in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
It has its headquarters at Salt Lake City (Bidhan Nagar), Kolkata, in Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
, India.
Till the 1960s the Higher Secondary Examination
Higher Secondary Examination
Higher Secondary Examination is a centralised examination that students in India take up after class 10 . All the State School Education Boards, CBSE, CISCE and NIOS conducts exams during the period of March-April every year...
was conducted under the aegis of the University of Calcutta
University of Calcutta
The University of Calcutta is a public university located in the city of Kolkata , India, founded on 24 January 1857...
.