Live: WBCHSE Uccha Madhyamik West Bengal Class 12 results declared; 90.13% students pass, Kolkata tops among districts

KOLKATA: The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) declared the Class 12th or the Uccha Madhyamik Class 12 Result 2020 on its official website on Friday (July 17, 2020). WBCHSE announced the WB Class 12th results at 3.30 PM through a press conference but the students were able to check their scores through the official website and SMS from 4 PM onwards. 

A total of 90.13% of the students who took the West Bengal class 12th exams passed this year. This is the highest ever pass percentage. Last year, it was 86.29%. Kolkata has recorded the highest pass percentage among all the districts of West Bengal.

A total of 30220 candidates have got more than 90% marks in the West Bengal class 12th exam. The Science stream has secured the best pass percentage with 98.83 per cent followed by Commerce- 92.22 per cent. The pass percentage in Arts stream touched at 88.74 per cent.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has congratulated the successful students. The Chief Minister wrote on Twitter, "Uchcho Madhyamik (Higher Secondary) results are out. Students are taking another step forward in their beautiful lives. Congratulations to them all, along with their principals, teachers and parents. The future is waiting for you."

Uchcho Madhyamik (Higher Secondary) results are out. Students are taking another step forward in their beautiful lives. Congratulations to them all, along with their principals, teachers and parents. The future is waiting for you.

— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) July 17, 2020

While the WBCHSE has decided not to release the merit or topper list this year, it has informed that the highest score secured by a candidate is 499 out of 500. Out of the 7.61 lakh students who appeared in WB class 12th exam, 6.8 lakh students passed. 

The results were released for all three streams – Science, Arts and Commerce. Students can now check their results on these websites - wbresults.nic.in, wbchse.nic.in. This year WBCHSE will not release the merit list for the class 12th exam. 

Students will now be able to check their Class 12 results 2020 using their roll number and date of birth. Nearly, eight lakh students appeared for the West Bengal class 12 board exams this year. The West Bengal Class 12th results are also available on - wbresults.nic.in; exametc.com; results.shiksha; westbengal.shiksha; westbengalonline.in; west-bengal.indiaresults.com.

Students must note that the WBCHSE Uccha Madhyamik Result 2020 released online will be provisional in nature. They will be required to collect the original mark sheet from their schools.

17 July 2020

17:11 IST

West Bengal Uccha Madhyamik Class 12 Results 2020 result website- wbresults.nic.in - crashed minutes after the declaration of result. The students need not panic as results will also be available via SMS. Candidates can also get their results by downloading the result app from results.shiksha.

16:42 IST

Boys have outperformed girls again this year. The pass percent of boys is 90.44 while the pass percent of girls is 90%.