Kolkata, Oct. 16 -- The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) has uploaded the answer keys for the Higher Secondary Semester III examination, 2027. Candidates can challenge the answers online by paying Rs 200 per question per subject.

According to a council notification, the online portal for submitting challenges will open at 11.59 pm on October 27 and close at 11.59 pm on October 30. Subject experts will examine the objections, and the fee will be refunded to the candidate's bank account if a challenge is accepted.

The facility is available to all candidates who appeared for the examination, including those who took it as a supplementary examination.

In a separate development, the School Education department has appointed Ashit Kumar Mandal, dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BCKV), Mohanpur, Nadia, as president of the WBCHSE. The department has also appointed Subhajit Dhar, associate professor in the English department at Alipurduar University, as secretary of the council.

It has nominated 10 members to the council. The nominations follow the termination of the terms of nominated members of non-statutory bodies under the state government through an administrative directive issued on May 11, 2026.

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