WBCHSE Class 12th result 2018 declared:

Overview:

The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) announced the West Bengal HS results today on wbresults.nic.in or wbbse.org with 83.75 per cent students clearing it. The result was declared at 10.30 am. It is to note that the West Bengal Board conducted the Higher Secondary examinations from 27 March to 11 April.

Out of the 8.25 lakh students who had enrolled, 8.09 lakh appeared for the exam, of which, around 6.63 lakh students passed the exam. Despite increase in the number of candidates appearing in the HS examination this year from 773834 in 2017 to 825335 in 2018, the overall pass percentage has dipped from 84.20 in 2017 to 83.75 this year. Purba Midnapore has the highest pass percentage of 91.98 followed by Kalimpong at 91.69. Kolkata has a pass percentage of 87.68.

Granthan Sengupta from Jalpaiguri Zilla School in Jalpaiguri district topped the exam after scoring 496 marks out of 500 (99.2 per cent). He is the first student from Arts stream to top the exam in five years. This year the result surprised several students as Granthan Sengupta from humanities stream secured the first position with 99.2% marks. His aggregate is 496 out of 500. "After the new syllabus was introduced back in 2015, this is the first time when a candidate from arts stream has topped the results. This shows that even humanities students are capable of outperforming science candidates," said the President of West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Examination, Mohua Das.

Educationists claimed that the introduction of multiple-choice-questions (MCQs) have helped humanities students to score good marks. In order to boost the scores of the students, the WBCHSE introduced a new pattern of evaluation in 2015. The question paper had about 40 percent one mark questions, including multiple choice questions and the rest, were scored between two and five mark questions. Subjects with no practical exam were given a project for 20 marks. As a result, an outstanding progress was seen in the year 2017, with 84.20 percent of the students fairing well in the higher secondary examinations and this year the humanities stream outperforming the science one.

Ritwik Kumar Sahoo, the state topper and All India Rank 13 in National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) has bagged the second position in West Bengal Higher Secondary Examination.

Girls outshined boys once again in 18 districts. 53 percent girls have cleared the exam as compared to 47 percent boys. Arkadipta Ghosh from Jadavpur Vidyapith scored 97.2 percent, who topped in overall girl's category, ranked fifth overall along with Aritro Roy from Pathfinder Public School.

Students can check their results at the official websites — wbchse.nic.in and wbresults.nic.in. Apart from the official website wbresults.nic.in, the WBCHSE HS results will also be available on third-party websites like westbengalonline.in, indiaresults.com, results.shiksha.com, westbengal.shiksha and westbengalonline.in. The result is also available via SMS. Candidates have to do is SMS- (WB12<Space>Roll number and send it to 5676750) or (WB12<Space>Roll number and send it to 58888). The results can also be availed via SMS through exametc.com by registering their roll number and mobile number. Students can also get their marksheets from their respective schools today. They are advised to check with their schools for time and date for distribution of mark sheets.

Toppers :

There are 80 students in the top 10 merit list. A few is given below.

Rank	Name of Student	Marks Obtained	Name of School
1st	Granthan Sengupta	496 (Arts Stream)	Jalpaiguri Zilla School
2nd	Ritwik Kumar Sahoo	493 (Science Stream)	Hamilton High School, Tamluk
3rd	Timirbaron Das	490
3rd	Saswata Roy	490
4th	Saumyadip Nath	488	Uttarpara Model School, Hoogly
4th	Sayan Kumar Das	488	Islampur High School
4th	Arkadeep Guin	488	Bardhaman High School
4th	Dibyadut Shasmal	488	Singur Mahamaya High School
4th	Joydip Bhowmik	488	Coochbehar
5th	Abhradipta Ghosh	486	Pathfinder HS Public School
5th	Aritra Roy	486	Pathfinder HS Public School
5th	Arya Samanta	486	P. Medinipore Ramkrishna Vidyabhavan
5th	Md Saiful Islam	486	Pandua Sashibhushan Saha High School
5th	Sutanay Bhattacharya	486
5th	Shubhasish Ghosh	486
5th	Ramit Dutta	486	Dubrajpur Sri Sri Sarada Vidyapith
5th	Anima Garai	486	Ranibadh High School
5th	Anubhav Chakraborty	486	Purulia Zilla School
5th	Souvik Raj Maiti	486	Kolaghat High School