Kolkata, February 16: Three students were disqualified for the entire exam for bringing smartphones into the examination hall on the first day of the class 12 board exams on Friday. An estimated 7,89,867 students appeared for the exam conducted by the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) in 2,341 centres across the state. West Bengal Teachers’ Recruitment ‘Scam’ Case: WBBPE Challenges Termination Order of 36,000 Primary Teachers in Higher Bench.

"The three candidates belonging to two schools in South 24 Parganas and one in Paschim Bardhaman districts were found in possession of mobile phones by invigilators before the exams commenced at around 9:45 am," council president Chiranjib Bhattacharya told PTI. West Bengal: Domestic Aide Dies at Residence of Education Secretary Manish Jain in Posh Kolkata Locality, Body Sent for Autopsy.

Bringing mobiles and other electronic devices to exam halls in Bengal is prohibited, he added. To address concerns about question paper leaks, the council has introduced a unique serial number for each question paper as a security measure.

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