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Admission to colleges for under-graduate courses via online mode this year: West Bengal education minister – education
West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee on Wednesday mentioned college students will take admission to colleges within the state for under-graduate courses by way of the online mode this yr, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The detailed advisory about admission can be issued by the upper education division in early August, Chatterjee advised reporters right here.
He mentioned outcomes of upper secondary examinations can be introduced on July 17, and mark sheets can be out there from 52 centres on July 31.
The minister, who spoke hours after the Class-10 board examinations had been declared, mentioned college students can get admission to their very own establishment from August 1 to 10 or apply to one other faculty from August 11 to 31.
To a query, Chatterjee mentioned the upper education division is but to get any reply to the letter by Principal Secretary Manish Jain, voicing the state’s reservations about making it obligatory for closing semester college students to sit for exams within the current state of affairs.
“We can’t compromise on the problem of scholars’ security. Our universities have already selected the analysis standards primarily based on the sooner suggestions of the College Grants Fee in April,” he mentioned.
Chatterjee mentioned division officers had additionally apprised Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar in regards to the state’s views on the problem and he “voiced concern in regards to the welfare of scholars”.
The Centre, in an advisory on July 6, had really helpful making it obligatory for college students to sit for closing semester exams offline or online by September 30.
On th lack of placement alternatives to closing-yr college students due to the financial impression of the pandemic, Chatterjee mentioned “we’re considering of approaching the alumni of various increased academic establishments for coming to the assistance of scholars in no matter method they will”.