West Bengal ANM GNM 2025: Your Complete Guide

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West Bengal ANM GNM 2025: Your Complete Guide

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West Bengal ANM GNM 2025: The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB) conducts the ANM (Auxiliary Nursing & Midwifery) and GNM (General Nursing & Midwifery) entrance exams to select candidates for nursing courses in various government and private institutions across the state. These courses are essential for training healthcare professionals who will serve in hospitals, clinics, and community health centers.

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What Is ANM and GNM?

In West Bengal, there are two important nursing courses for students who want to help people and work in hospitals:

ANM – Auxiliary Nursing & Midwifery
GNM – General Nursing & Midwifery

These two courses are for students who dream of becoming nurses and working in clinics, hospitals, and villages to take care of sick people.

Let’s understand what these two courses mean:

🌸 What is ANM?

Full Form: Auxiliary Nursing & Midwifery
Course Time: 2 years (Revised)
Only for Girls (Female Candidates)
Work: ANM nurses mostly help mothers, babies, and families in small clinics and villages. They also support health workers.

🌸 What is GNM?

Full Form: General Nursing & Midwifery
Course Time: 3 years
Boys and Girls can both apply
Work: GNM nurses work in hospitals, emergency rooms, and even in cities. They help doctors and care for many patients.

🏛 What is WBJEEB?

Full Form: West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board
Work: This board takes care of many entrance exams in West Bengal.
Why It’s Important: If you want to study nursing in a government or private college in West Bengal, you have to give the WB ANM GNM entrance exam. This board manages it.

🎯 Purpose of WB ANM GNM Exam

This exam helps the government select students for nursing courses in many colleges across West Bengal. After you pass this exam, you can study to become a nurse!

💖 Why Choose a Nursing Career?

Becoming a nurse is a noble job. Here are some reasons why many students choose nursing:

Reason	Explanation
💊 Help People	Nurses take care of sick people and help them feel better.
🏥 Good Job	Nursing is a respected and safe job in hospitals.
🌍 Work Anywhere	Nurses can work in villages, cities, and even other countries.
💼 Government Job	You can get a government job after completing the course.
👩‍⚕️ High Demand	Every hospital needs nurses every day.

📋 Overview of WB ANM GNM 2025 Exam

Item	Details
Board Name	West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB)
Exam Name	ANM & GNM Nursing Entrance Test
Course Names	ANM and GNM
Application Mode	Online
Exam Mode	OMR-based (pen-paper with circles to fill)
Exam Date	29th June 2025 (Sunday)
Official Website	https://wbjeeb.nic.in

🧑‍🎓 Who Can Apply?

Let’s break down the rules for who can give the exam.

✅ Basic Eligibility

Rule	ANM Course	GNM Course
Gender	Only girls	Girls and boys
Age	17 to 35 years (must be 17 before 31 Dec 2025)	Same as ANM
Living Place	Must live in West Bengal for at least 10 years	Same
Language	Must know Bengali or Nepali	Same
Education	10+2 pass with at least 40% marks and passed English	Same
Vocational Students	Special subjects needed (like Health Care, Community Health, etc.)	Same

📅 Important Dates

Event	Date
Exam Notification	Released
Online Form Start	To be announced
Last Date to Apply	To be announced
Admit Card Download	A few days before the exam
Exam Date	29th June 2025
Result	A few days before exam

💰 Exam Fees

All students must pay fees while filling out the form online.

Category	Fees
General Category (UR)	₹400 + bank charges
Other Categories (SC/ST/OBC etc.)	₹300 + bank charges

How to Pay: You can use a debit card, credit card, UPI, QR code, or net banking.

🧾 What Documents Are Needed?

Before you apply, keep these documents ready:

Aadhar Card or any ID proof
10th and 12th marksheet
Domicile certificate (to prove you live in WB)
Category certificate (SC/ST/OBC/PWD if any)
Recent photo (10KB – 200KB, JPG format)
Signature (4KB – 30KB, JPG format)

🖥️ Step-by-Step Application Process

Let’s understand how you can apply online in very easy steps.

Step 1: Go to the Official Website

Visit https://wbjeeb.nic.in

Step 2: Registration

Fill in your basic details:

Name
Father’s and Mother’s name
Date of birth
Gender
Mobile number and Email
Choose a strong password

Note: These details cannot be changed later. Be very careful!

Step 3: Fill Application Form

Add more details:

Address
Caste or category
Income details
Academic marks (10th and 12th class)
Choose 4 cities for the exam center

Step 4: Upload Documents

Upload your photo and signature in JPG format.

Step 5: Pay Fees

Pay online using any method like UPI, debit card, etc.

Step 6: Download Confirmation Page

After everything is done, download and save the confirmation page. This proves that your form is complete.

⏳ Correction Window

If you make a mistake in the form, don’t worry! WBJEEB gives a few days to correct errors.

But remember: You cannot change Name, Father’s/Mother’s Name, Date of Birth, Gender, and Domicile after registration.

📘 WB ANM GNM 2025 Syllabus (What to Study)

The entrance exam is like a test to check how much you already know from school subjects.

There are two parts in the exam:

Part	Name	Number of Questions	Total Marks	Negative Marking
Category 1	Basic Subjects (Science, Math, English, etc.)	85	85	Yes (¼ marks cut for wrong answer)
Category 2	Some more questions from Science	15	30	No (no marks cut)
Total		100 Questions	115 Marks

📘 Subjects and Questions Breakdown

Subject	Category 1 (1 Mark Each)	Category 2 (2 Marks Each)	Total Questions	Total Marks
Life Science	30	10	40	50
Physical Science	15	5	20	25
Basic English	15	–	15	15
Mathematics	10	–	10	10
General Knowledge	10	–	10	10
Logical Reasoning	5	–	5	5
Total	85	15	100	115

🔍 Explanation of Each Subject

🧪 Life Science

Topics like Human Body, Health, Plants, Animals, Nutrition, Diseases, etc.
Easy if you studied Science in school.

🔬 Physical Science

Basic Physics & Chemistry: Light, Sound, Acids, Bases, Electricity, etc.

📘 Basic English

Simple grammar, sentence correction, vocabulary, antonyms/synonyms.

🔢 Mathematics

Numbers, Fractions, Percentages, Averages, Simple Interest, etc.

🌍 General Knowledge

About India, West Bengal, Healthcare schemes, and recent events.

🧠 Logical Reasoning

Puzzle-type questions, matching, patterns, and reasoning skills.

🖊️ How to Prepare for WB ANM GNM Exam?

Here are some simple preparation tips to do well in the exam:

Tip	Description
📚 Study NCERT Books	Especially for Science and Math (Class 9 & 10)
🗂️ Make a Timetable	Study 4–5 hours daily, with all subjects
📝 Practice Papers	Solve old question papers and sample tests
🧠 Revise Regularly	Go over topics again and again to remember
💬 Talk to Toppers	Ask seniors who cracked the exam
📱 Use Online Tools	Watch free YouTube lessons or quiz apps
🧘‍♂️ Stay Healthy	Go over the topics again and again to remember

🏆 WB ANM GNM 2025 Selection Process

The selection has two steps:

Written Exam – You must pass the entrance test.
Document Verification – If you pass, your original certificates will be checked.

After that, a Merit List (rank list) will be created. You will be selected based on your marks and rank.

🧾 Documents Needed for Verification

If you are selected, carry these documents:

Admit Card of WB ANM GNM 2025
Result/Rank Card
10th and 12th Marksheet
Age proof (Birth Certificate or Admit Card)
Domicile Certificate (Proof of living in WB for 10 years)
Category Certificate (SC/ST/OBC if any)
Medical Fitness Certificate
Passport-size photographs

🏫 WB ANM GNM 2025 Counselling

After results:

You will be called for online counselling
You must select your preferred colleges
Seats will be given based on your rank + choice
If selected, you must report to the college with original documents

🎓 What Happens After You Complete the Course?

Let’s understand the career path after doing ANM or GNM.

Course	After Completion You Can…
ANM	Work in village health centers, sub-centers, or Anganwadi
GNM	Work in hospitals, private clinics, health departments

You can also do higher studies:

After GNM → You can do B.Sc. Nursing
After ANM → You can later do GNM

💼 Where Can Nurses Work?

Type of Place	Examples
Government Hospitals	District Hospitals, Rural Health Centers
Private Hospitals	Apollo, AMRI, etc.
NGOs & Health NGOs	WHO, UNICEF, etc.
Army/Navy Hospitals	Military Nursing
Abroad	Nurses are in high demand in the Gulf, the UK, USA