West Bengal Board Adds 5 New Subjects for Class 12 in 2025-26 – Details Here

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The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) has made significant changes to the Class 12 syllabus. These changes will be effective from the 2025-26 academic session and will be applicable only to students registering for the 2025-26 session.

👉 Official Notice

Five New Subjects Introduced

The board has introduced five new subjects in the WB Class 12 syllabus. These include Environmental Science (EVSC), Fisheries and Aquaculture (FSAQ), Business Mathematics and Basic Statistics (BMBS) and Basic Mathematics and Social Sciences (BMSS).

The official notice reads, "It may be noted that a duly qualified teacher may teach a maximum of three subjects out of COMA, COMS, AIDS, CBST and APAI. Any school having more than these three subjects must have two duly qualified teachers," the WB board said. It further added, "In all cases, the consent of the teacher is required to check the HS answer sheets of all the subjects he or she will teach in the school."

Two Subjects Removed

Two subjects have been removed from the syllabus. As per the board notification, ARTI and DTSC will be removed from the syllabus from the academic year 2023-24. Additionally, AIDS will be included as a replacement subject in schools that previously offered ARTI or DTSC.

WB HS 2025 Subject Combination

The Class 12 syllabus is divided into First and Second Language.

First Language Subjects: English-A, Bengali-A, Hindi-A, Nepali-A, Urdu, Santhali, Odia, Telugu, or Punjabi

Second Language Subjects: English-B, Bengali-B, Hindi-B, Optional English, or Nepali-B

Three Subject Combinations are Available:

Set	Subjects
Set 1	Physics or Nutrition
	Chemistry or Geography
	Economics or Anthropology or Science of Well-being
	Mathematics or Agriculture
	Biological Sciences
	Statistics or Psychology
	Computer Science or Environmental Science or Visual Arts or Health and Physical Education or Music or Modern Computer Applications
	Cyber Security or Artificial Intelligence and Data Science or Fisheries and Aquaculture
	One Vocational Elective Subject
Set 2	Accountancy
	Business Studies
	Commercial Law and Auditing or Preliminary Examination of Statistics
	Costing and Taxation
	Economics or Science of Well-being or Applied Artificial Intelligence
	Modern Computer Applications or Environmental Studies or Health and Physical Education or Visual Arts or Music
	Vocational Mathematics and Basic Statistics
	One Vocational Elective Subject
Set 3	Political Science or Biological Sciences
	Education or Nutrition
	Journalism and Mass Communication or Sanskrit or Persian or Arabic or Social Sciences or Basic Mathematics for Agriculture
	Economics or Anthropology or Science of Welfare or Applied Artificial Intelligence
	Philosophy
	Sociology or Fisheries and Aquaculture
	History or Psychology or Statistics
	Geography or Human Development and Resource Management
	Music or Visual Arts or Health and Physical Education or Environmental Studies or Modern Computer Applications
	One Vocational Optional Subject

West Bengal Board Class 12 Study Materials (FREE PDF)

West Bengal Board Class 12 Study Materials (FREE PDF)
West Bengal Board Class 12 Books (Bengali Medium)	West Bengal Board Class 12 Previous Year Question Papers
West Bengal Board Class 12 Books Syllabus	West Bengal Classes 1 to 12 Books