JEPBN 2025: Joint Entrance Examination for Post Basic Nursing (JEPBN) 2025

Joint Entrance Examination for Post Basic Nursing

Joint Entrance Examination for Post Basic Nursing (JEPBN) 2025

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JEPBN-2025
[Joint Entrance Examination for Post Basic Nursing]
conducted by West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB)
Admissions to Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing Course in various Colleges/Institutes in the State of West Bengal for the academic session 2025-26

West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB) will conduct OMR based Common Entrance Test (JEPBN-2025) and counselling for admission into Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing course in various Colleges/ Institutes in the State of West Bengal for the academic session 2025-26.

Tentative date of examination: 19/10/2025 (Sunday).
Tentative date to start online application: 11/09/2025 to 20/09/2025.

Schedule of JEMScN-2025

Information Bulletin published	01/09/2025 (Monday)
Online application with payment of fees	11/09/2025 (Thursday) to 20/09/2025 (Saturday)
Online correction and downloading revised confirmation page	22/09/2025 (Monday) to 23/09/2025 (Tuesday)
Publication of Downloadable Admit Card	13/10/2025(Monday) to 19/10/2025 (Sunday)
Date of Examination	19/10/2025 (Sunday) 11:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.

NB: The schedule may be changed/altered under any unavoidable circumstance.

Eligibility and academic qualification criteria for appearing in JEPBN-2025 (As intimated by the concerned Authorities)

Eligibility criteria for application:

Citizenship: Applicant must be a citizen of India.
Applicant must be a domicile of West Bengal.
Gender: Male/Female.

Eligibility criteria for admission:
For any further information, candidates must follow the instructions of the Nursing Directorate, Dept. of H&FW, Govt. of W.B.
The candidate must pass (10+2) level examination from any recognized Board and must pass the GNM course from the Institute recognized by Indian Nursing Council and obtained registration/RNRM certificate from the State Nursing Council of any State of India.

Upper age limit:
- WB State Govt Employee: The Nursing Personnel must not be more than 53 years of age on the last date of application.
- Others: No upper age limit (including ESI and Central Govt. employees).
At the time of admission, the candidates presently employed by the West Bengal State Govt. will have to follow the then applicable TR rules of the WB State Govt.
Work experience:
The candidates presently employed by the West Bengal State Govt. must have at least 3 years' qualifying uninterrupted/ regularized experience in Govt. service as on the last date of application.
Work experience is not essential for others (including ESI and Central Govt. employees).

Note:

'Pass' means passing in both theory and practical separately where applicable.
'Pass' means completion of all requirements of the course including completion of internship (where applicable) before admission.
'Any recognized Board' means the Boards/Councils listed and published in WBJEEB website.

Pattern of question papers

The paper will contain 100 questions. All questions will be of Multiple-Choice Question (MCQ) type, with four answer options each, of which only one option is correct. Time for the paper is 90 minutes. The questions will be in English language only.

Syllabus of Examination

The paper will be based on GNM syllabus and will have two parts as follows. The topics and number of questions of the two parts are given below.

Part-A: Anatomy, Physiology, Sociology, Psychology, Pharmacology, Microbiology, Nutrition, Pathology – 40 Q
Part-B: Foundation of Nursing, Medical Surgical Nursing, Pediatric Nursing, Psychiatric Nursing, Obstetrical Nursing, Community Health Nursing – 60 Q

Procedure for submission of application form, payment of examination fees

Registration:

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.
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 any circumstances.
Then the candidate has to create password and submit the registration.
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.
Candidate must remember his/her application number, password. If the candidate forgets the password/application number, he/she has to recover it through "Forgot Password/Forgot Application number" option. There is no other way to recover the password/application number.
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:

At this stage, the candidate needs to fill up various other information such as, domicile, category, PwD status, religion, nationality, academic details etc.

Uploading of images:

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).
Photo and signature are to be uploaded in one go.

Payment of Examination Fees:

The Examination Fees can be paid by Net Banking/Debit Card/Credit Card/UPI/QR Code only.
Application fee for the examination is Rs. 3,000/- (Rupees three thousand only), plus the Bank's service charges as applicable.
The fee once paid is not refundable under any circumstances.

CONTACT
Officer on Special Duty
West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board
RUPANNA
DB-118, Sector-I, Salt Lake City, Kolkata -700064.
Examination Helpdesk: 1800-1234-782 (Extn No. - 2)
Email: info@wbjeeb.in

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Edited By: Sahadeb

Edited On: 08 Sep 2025

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