Madhyamik board weighs changes to answer-script checking to speed up results
The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education wants to shorten the roughly 90-day wait between exams and results, so that Class XI can start in May.
The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) is considering changes to the way Madhyamik answer scripts are marked, in an effort to publish results faster and make marking more accurate, the Millennium Post reported. No final decision has been taken.
The gap between the end of the Class X exam and the results was about 90 days in 2026, the paper said. The board wants to cut that so Class XI admissions are finished in time for classes to begin in May.
The proposals under discussion include:
- giving more answer scripts to younger teachers and relieving senior teachers close to retirement of marking duties;
- letting examiners take on extra scripts once they have completed training;
- asking examiners and chief examiners to explain any case in which a student's marks rise by 10 or more after a post-result review.
About 40,000 to 45,000 teachers currently mark Madhyamik scripts, each usually handling two packets of around 70 scripts, according to the report.
The board has not announced when it will decide. Madhyamik is the state board's Class X examination.
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