West bengal Joint Entrance Test [ANM(R) & GNM]
WBJEEB - Auxiliary Nursing & Midwifery (Revised) and General Nursing & Midwifery [ANM(R) & GNM] 2025
ANM(R) & GNM-2025
[Auxiliary Nursing & Midwifery (Revised) (ANM(R)) and General Nursing & Midwifery (GNM)]
conducted by West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB)
Admissions to 2-Years Auxiliary Nursing & Midwifery (Revised) course and 3-Years General Nursing & Midwifery course for the academic session 2025-26
WBJEEB will conduct OMR based Common Entrance Test ANM(R) & GNM-2025 and counselling for admission in various Colleges/Institutes in the State of West Bengal into two (2) years' Auxiliary Nursing & Midwifery (Revised) course and three (3) years' General Nursing & Midwifery course for the academic session 2025-26.
Tentative date of examination: 19/10/2025 (Sunday).
Tentative date to start online application: 04/09/2025 to 15/09/2025.
Information Bulletin published |
28/08/2025 (Thursday) |
Online application with payment of fees |
04/09/2025 (Thursday) 04:00 P.M. onward to 15/09/2025 (Monday) |
Online correction and downloading revised confirmation page |
17/09/2025 (Wednesday) to 18/09/2025 (Thursday) |
Publication of Downloadable Admit Card |
10/10/2025 (Friday) to 19/10/2025 (Sunday) |
Date of Examination |
19/10/2025 (Sunday) 12:00 Noon to 01:30 P.M. |
NB: The schedule may be changed/altered under any unavoidable circumstance.
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The following sub-sections describe the criteria as per latest communications received from the concerned Authorities (i.e., the Dept. of H&FW, Govt. of W.B.).
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Candidates must make themselves aware of the latest applicable rules of different Universities, Institutions, Government Departments, Regulatory Bodies at the time of admission. Board will not be responsible by any way, if any candidate fails to aware himself/herself regularly on any updated information.
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The Board would notify revisions, corrections, modifications, addendum, corrigendum, if any received from concerned Authorities till the start of counselling.
Eligibility criteria for appearing in ANM(R) & GNM-2025:
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The applicant must be a citizen of India. Must be domicile of West Bengal.
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The applicant must have passed or must be appearing in 2025 in class 12 examination in (10+2) system only.
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The applicant's age must be at least 17 (seventeen) years as on 31/12/2025.
Eligibility criteria for admission (As intimated by the concerned Authorities) :
Criteria |
ANM(R) |
GNM |
Gender |
Only Female |
Female and Male (1) |
Maximum age |
No Upper Age Limit |
No Upper Age Limit |
Residence |
Must be a permanent resident of West Bengal uninterruptedly for at least last ten years till 31.12.2024 |
Must be a permanent resident of West Bengal uninterruptedly for at least last ten years till 31.12.2024 |
Language |
Must be able to read, write and express in Bengali and/or Nepali |
Minimum educational qualification |
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Must pass '10+2' examination from any recognized Board (2) with at least 40% marks in aggregate.
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5% of total marks is relaxed for SC/ST/OBC-A (More Backward)/OBC-B (Backward).
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Must pass (3) in English in (10+2) examination.
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Vocational Stream
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CBSE Board: Candidates passing (10+2) in Vocational Stream must be from the Health Care Science discipline.
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The candidates passing West Bengal Higher Secondary (Vocational) Examination, 2023 onwards, who opted for "Healthcare Science" under "Community Healthcare" Group must pass in any two of the following combination of Subjects:
- Community Health Counselor (COHC)
- Patient Care Assistant (PTCA)
- Public Health & First Aid (PHFA)
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The candidates who passed West Bengal Higher Secondary (Vocational) Examination prior to 2023 with "Community Healthcare" Group under "Home Science" Discipline with combination of 3 vocational papers namely:
- Community Nutrition
- Hospital Management
- Public Health & First Aid
shall also be eligible for making application for the ANM/GNM Entrance Examination, 2025 as per the notification no. WBSCTVESD/VED/748 Dated, 29.01.2024 of West Bengal State Council of Technical & Vocational Education and Skill Development.
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Medical Fitness Certificate |
All candidates must be medically fit for the course and must produce a Medical Fitness Certificate in the format given in APPENDIX-3 at the time of admission. |
Note:
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There are 02(two) government Male Institutions and few private Male Institutions.
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Recognized Board: Refer to the list of recognized Board/Council given in Board's website www.wbjeeb.nic.in.
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'Passed' means passed in both theory and practical/project as applicable.
The paper will contain following sections.
Subject |
Category-1 Full marks of each Q = 1 |
Category-2 Full marks of each Q = 2 |
Total Number of Questions |
Total Marks |
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No. of Questions |
No. of Questions |
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Life Science |
30 |
10 |
40 |
50 |
Physical Science |
15 |
5 |
20 |
25 |
Basic English |
15 |
-- |
15 |
15 |
Mathematics |
10 |
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10 |
10 |
General Knowledge |
10 |
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10 |
10 |
Logical Reasoning |
5 |
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5 |
5 |
Total |
85 |
15 |
100 |
115 |
All questions will be of Multiple- Choice Question (MCQ) type, with four answer options. Time for the paper is 1½ hours. The questions will be in both English and Bengali language (except Basic English and Logical Reasoning).
Syllabus: Life Science, Physical Science, Mathematics will be based on 10th standard syllabi of the recognised Board/Councils in India and Basic English, General Knowledge, Logical Reasoning will be equivalent to 12th standard curriculum.
Registration:
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The candidate will enter personal details such as-name, father's name, mother's name, date of birth, gender, identification type and number, present and permanent address, mobile number, email ID etc.
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Candidates must be careful while entering name, father's name, mother's name, date of birth and domicile. This information cannot be changed/edited/modified under anycircumstances.
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Then the candidate has to create password and submit the registration.
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An application number will be generated and will appear on the screen. Also, SMS/email will be sent to the registered mobile no./email ID of the candidate.
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If the candidate forgets the password, he/she has to recover it through "Forgot Password" option. There is no other way to recover the password.
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It is not possible for any person/agency to change/edit/input any information without knowing the password. Hence candidates must not share their password with anybody. The Board will not be responsible for any change resulting from sharing/divulging of the password.
Application:
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At this stage, the candidate needs to fill up various other information such as, domicile, category, PwD status, family income status, religion, nationality, academic details etc.
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Thereafter the candidate needs to choose any four zones of examinations in order of his/her choice and submit the application.
Uploading of images:
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The candidate is required to upload JPG/JPEG images of his/her recent colour photograph (10 to 200 KB) and signature (4 to 30 KB).
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Photo and signature are to be uploaded in one go.
Payment of Examination Fees:
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The Examination Fees can be paid by Net Banking/Debit Card/Credit Card/UPI/QR Code only.
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Application fee for the examination is Rs. 300 (Rupees three hundred only) for SC/ST/OBC-A (More Backward/OBC-B (Backward)/EWS/Orphan candidates and Rs.400 (Rupees four hundred only) for all other candidates, plus the Bank's service charges as applicable.
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The fee once paid is not refundable under any circumstances.
CONTACT
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West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board
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Email: info@wbjeeb.in
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Edited By: Sahadeb
Edited On:
08 Sep 2025