West Bengal HS 12th Result 2020 Date and Time: The results for the same are expected to be announced at 3.30 pm in the afternoon. (Representational Image)

WBCHSE West Bengal Board HS 12th Result 2020 Date and Time: The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) declared the class 12 board or Higher Secondary examination results on July 17. The exams were scheduled to be conducted in March, starting from 12 and concluding on 27. However, the exams were postponed midway after Covid-19 induced lockdown was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Students can check their results through the websites — wbchse.nic.in and wbresults.nic.in.

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The pending exams were later decided to be conducted in July, but after witnessing a steady rise in the Covid-19 graph, the state government announced not to hold the remaining papers.

This year’s pass percentage is 90.19 which is nearly four per cent than the previous year’s. In 2019, the state witnessed a significant improvement in the state class 12 exams, recording a pass percentage of 86.29. Shovan Mondal of Birbhum Zilla School had then emerged as the leading scorer, fetching 498 out of the total 500 marks. Eighteen-year-old Shovan had scored 100 in Bengali, Maths- 100, Chemistry- 100, English- 99, Biology- 99.5, Physics- 99.5.

The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) had declared the state Madhyamik results on Monday, recording a passing percentage of 86.34 per cent, highest ever. Aritra Pal, who hails from Memari in Purba Bardhaman district, topped this year’s Madhyamik examination with 694 marks, which included centum in Mathematics, History and Geography.

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Students need to download their mark sheets and take a print out. It will act as a provisional mark sheet. For class 12 students, a mark sheet is crucial for the college admission process. The original mark sheet will be available later by schools. The provisional mark sheet is accepted on a provisional basis, by most universities.