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    WBCHSE 2025 Syllabus Revised: Key Updates for West Bengal Class 11 & 12 Students

    WBCHSE 2025 Syllabus Revised: Key Updates for West Bengal Class 11 & 12 Students

    Mallika ThaledderUpdated on 13 Mar 2025, 03:35 PM IST

    West Bengal HS Syllabus Change 2025: List of Subjects with New Syllabus

    The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education released the notification on December 13, 2024 regarding changes made in the WB HS syllabus 2025. Students can visit the official website, wbchse.wb.gov.in, to download the updated version of WB HS syllabus. The updated WB HS syllabus will be made effective from the next academic year.
    WB HS Revised Syllabus 2025 PDF Link
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    The West Bengal board has made minor changes under the HS curriculum including English B, English A, Alternative English, Bengali A, Hindi A, Hindi B, History, Political Science, Accountancy, Costing and Taxation, Business Studies, Education, Science of Well-being, Statistics, Philosophy, Environmental Studies, Economics, Geography and Biological Science subjects. Read further to learn in detail about the West Bengal HS syllabus change 2025.

    West Bengal Class 11 Syllabus Change 2025

    The West Bengal board has added some new chapters to the WB HS Class 11 syllabus 2025. Below, we have provided tables with the new syllabus for students' reference.

    WB Board 11th Semester 1 English B Syllabus Change 2025

    Unit

    Topic

    Marks

    Hours

    Unit 1: Prose

    “The Model Millionaire” by Oscar Wilde

    3 marks

    5

    Unit 3: Rapid Reader

    “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin

    4 marks

    7

    “The Open Window” by Saki

    3 marks

    6

    WB Board 11th Semester 2 English B Syllabus Change 2025

    Unit

    Topic

    Hours

    Unit 1: Prose

    “The Fly” by Katherine Mansfield

    5

    Unit 3: Rapid Reader

    “At School (1)”- Extract from Netaji’s Life and Writings- Part 1- Autobiography of Subhas Chandra Bose, Chapter 4

    7

    “The Parrot’s Tale” by Rabindranath Tagore

    6

    WB Board 11th Semester 2 English A Syllabus Change 2025

    Unit

    Topic

    Marks

    Hours

    Unit 3

    Textual prosody replaced by Non Textual Prosody

    6 marks

    20

    Unit 5

    Reading Comprehension replaced by Essay Writing or Precis Writing

    10 marks

    15

    West Bengal 11th Semester 1 Alternative English Syllabus Change 2025

    Unit

    Topic

    Hours

    Unit 1: Prose

    “Freedom” by G.B. Shaw

    12

    West Bengal 11th Semester 2 Alternative English Syllabus Change 2025

    Unit

    Topic

    Marks

    Hours

    Unit 3: Rapid Reader

    “The Machine Stops” by E.M. Foster

    -

    25

    Unit 4: Writing Skill

    Email and Blog

    5+5= 10 marks

    12

    West Bengal Political Science Semester 1 and 2 Revised Syllabus 2025

    1734345578421

    WB Board Philosophy Class 11 Semester 2 Revised Syllabus 2025

    • Unit 2: 2(B) replaced by “Utilitarianism- Bentham and Mill, Kant’s categorical imperative”.

    West Bengal Board 11th Geography Semester 1 and 2 Syllabus Change 2025

    1734345580577

    1734345577815

    1734345578038

    1734345578836

    1734345577127

    WB Board Class 11 Deleted Syllabus 2025

    The West Bengal board has deleted and replaced some of the chapters from the WB board 11th class syllabus 2025 of History, Costing and Taxation and Statistics subjects. Check out the list of units/chapters that have been deleted by the board below:

    WB History Class 11 Semester 1 and 2 Deleted Syllabus 2025

    • Unit 3: Chola Administration (Deleted from Syllabus)

    • Unit 5: Bhakti, Sufii, Confucius, Tao, Shinto etc (Deleted from Syllabus)

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    WB Class 11 Costing and Taxation Semester 1 Deleted Syllabus 2025

    • Income from Dividend [Section 10 (34)] deleted topic from the syllabus.

    • Income from Units [Section 10 (35)] deleted topic from syllabus.

    • Long term capital gains from transfer of equity shares or units [Section 10 (38)] deleted from syllabus.

    WB Class 11th Statistics Syllabus Semester 1 Deleted Syllabus 2025

    • Unit 4: Stem and Lead Diagram deleted from syllabus.

    West Bengal Board Class 12 Syllabus Change 2025

    The West Bengal board has released the revised WB 12th syllabus 2025 for English B, English A, Alternative English, Bengali A, Hindi A, Hindi B, History, Political Science, Accountancy, Costing & Taxation, Business Studies, Education, Science of Well-being, Statistics, Philosophy, Environmental Studies, Economics. Geography, Biological Science subjects. Check out the changes below from the given table:

    WB Board 12th English B Semester 3 Syllabus Change 2025

    Unit

    Topic

    Marks

    Hours

    Unit 1: Prose

    “A Room from One’s Own: Section on Shakeshpear’s Sister” by Virginia Woolf replaced by “The Bet” by Anton Chekhov

    3 marks

    7

    Unit 3: Drama

    “Tara” by Mahesh Dattani replaced by “Riders to the Sea” by J.M. Synge.

    5 marks

    20

    WB Board 12th English B Semester 4 Syllabus Change 2025

    Unit

    Topic

    Descriptive Type Question

    Marks

    Hours

    Unit 3: Drama

    “Riders to the Sea” by J.M. Synge

    1

    5 marks

    10

    Unit 5: Writing

    Precis Writing replaced by Essay Writing (150 words)

    Or

    Drafting email (75 words) and Blog writing (75 words)

    -

    10 marks


    Or

    5x5= 10 marks

    30

    West Bengal Class 12 Semester 3 English A Syllabus Change 2025

    Unit

    Topic

    Marks

    Hours

    Unit 1: Prose

    “Debute on Stage” replaced by “India through a Traveller’s Eyes” by Pearl.S. Buck.

    3 marks

    6

    West Bengal Class 12 Semester 4 English A Syllabus Change 2025

    Unit

    Topic

    Marks

    Hours

    Unit 1: Prose

    “The lamb of the Slaughter” replaced by “A Clean Well LightedPlace” by Earnest Hemmingway

    -

    5

    Unit 5: Writing Skills

    Essay replaced by

    Substance Writing


    Critical Appreciation


    6 marks

    7

    6 marks

    8

    West Bengal Class 12 Alternative English Semester 3 Syllabus Change 2025

    Unit

    Topic

    Unit 1: Prose

    “Three Questions” replaced by “The Monkey’s paw” by W.W. Jacobs

    Unit 1: Poetry

    “Lotus” replaced by “The Tree of Life” by Toru Dutt

    WB Board Hindi A and B Class 12 Semester 3 Syllabus Change 2025

    1734345578610

    West Bengal Board 12th Class History Syllabus Change 2025 for Semester 3

    1734345580336

    West Bengal Board 12th Class History Syllabus Change 2025 for Semester 4

    1734345579509

    West Bengal Board 12th Class Semester 3 and 4 Political Science Syllabus 2025

    1734345580648

    1734345579973

    1734345576063

    WB Board 12th Business Studies Semester 3 and 4 Syllabus Change 2025

    Unit

    Topic

    Marks

    Unit 6

    Point “Promotion” to “Publicity” shifted from Semester 3 to Semester 4 as Unit 12 named “Marketing Management 2”.

    5 marks

    Unit 6

    Marketing Management 1 in Semester 3

    5 marks

    Unit 12

    “Consumer Protection” shifted from Semester 4 to Semester 3 as Unit 7.

    5 marks

    West Bengal Board Statistics Class 12 Semester 3 Revised Syllabus 2025

    • Unit 3: “Fitting of above distribution” replaced by “Fitting of Binomial and Poisson Distribution” in Semester 3.

    West Bengal Revised Syllabus 2025 for Economics Semester 3 and 4

    1734345580481

    1734345580136

    1734345579271

    1734345579427

    WB Board 12th Biological Science 2025 Class 12 Syllabus Change Semester 3

    • Unit 7: Chapter 5: “Transcription” added between “Central Dogma” and “Genetic Code”.

    • Unit 7: Chapter 6: “Comparative Anatomy” added between “Paleontology” and “Embryology”.

    WB Board 12th Class Deleted Syllabus 2025

    Below, we have mentioned the chapters and units that have been deleted from the WB 12th syllabus 2025.

    WB Accountancy 12th Semester 3 and 4 Deleted Syllabus 2025

    • Unit 3: “Or” portion “Computerized Accounts- 1” deleted from the syllabus.

    • Unit 3: “Or” portion “Computerized Accounts- 2” deleted from the syllabus.

    West Bengal Board Statistics Class 12 Semester 4 Revised Syllabus 2025

    • Unit 4: Fitting of above distribution deleted from semester 4 syllabus.


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