Madhyamik Pariksha or simply Madhyamik is a centralized examination conducted by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education in West Bengal, India, at the end of the 10th year of school education.
For ensuring the pressure of studies, the exam syllabus was reduced by 25% for 2021 and 2022 batch of students.
One exception is when the examinee does not take the exam from any school, in which case there are 10 extra points in the written papers.
There was also an optional additional subject that could be chosen from those offered by the school among a huge selection allowed by the Board.
Despite the presence of this subject, percentage totals were calculated in 800 and not 900 points, thus offering the chance to score more than 100%.
As of late this method has been discontinued and students may take up an additional subject solely to gain knowledge.
Efforts are on to calibrate the syllabus with the much easier and higher-scoring (but broader, including more topics but lacking in depth) national curriculum offered by the central boards, namely the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations and the Central Board of Secondary Education.