Centralized Online Admission System at UG Level from 2023-24
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
BIKASH BHABAN, SALT LAKE, KOLKATA-700091
No. 265-Edn(CS)/OM-102L/2022 Date : 24th April, 2023
NOTIFICATION
Whereas Government/ Government-aided colleges and State-aided Universities under administrative control of the Higher Education Department have been taking admission of students in the undergraduate courses, through an online admission system, and
Whereas it has been observed that since the implementation of an online admission system at the college level, the students desiring admission in undergraduate courses, have to apply in various colleges and Universities by registering on the online portals of different colleges and Universities and paying separate application fees for each college or University, as the case may be, and
Whereas it has been observed that in such system, a student has to take an admission in a particular college within a certain period of time despite the admission process in other colleges is on. As a result, the student concerned requires to take multiple admission by paying multiple admission fees, and
Whereas it is also observed that due to different dates of admission in various colleges/ Universities, the admissible seats in colleges/ Universities remain vacant while at the same time the students who have taken multiple admission, face trouble in getting refund of admission fees from the college/ Universities, after he/she vacates the seat and/or cancels the admission, and
Whereas considering all the above and also considering the need of uniformity, transparency in the admission system in all colleges/ Universities under the administrative control of the Higher Education Department, Government of West Bengal with an aim to provide opportunities to the students, to choose their desired course in the desired colleges via a single window platform and also to stop multiple admission by a single student in various colleges/ Universities so that maximum number of seats can be filled up in all colleges/ Universities in every academic year, the State Government has been considering for some time the need of designing a single web based online portal to conduct centralized admission process for taking an admission in UG level courses in all colleges/ Universities under the administrative control of the Higher Education Department.
Therefore, the competent authority in the State Government has decided to use a Centralized web based online admission system for admission at Undergraduate level in all colleges/ Universities under the administrative control of the Higher Education Department from the academic session 2023-2024 on the following terms and conditions:-
- The portal shall be maintained and operated by the West Bengal State Council of Higher Education.
- There shall be a dedicated Bank account of the Council, to deposit the application fees/admission fees.
- The Council shall transfer the admission fees to respective colleges/Universities within one month from the date of completion of admission process.
- All expenses for maintaining the admission portal shall be undertaken by the Council.
- The State Government in the Higher Education Department may at its discretion keep any course or college/ Universities out of the purview of this Centralized admission portal.
- Autonomous Colleges, Minority Educational Institutes/ Colleges, Training Colleges, Law Colleges, Colleges/ Universities offering course like Fine Arts and Performing Arts, Crafts, Dance, Music, Colleges offering Engineering, Pharmacy, Nursing, Medical Courses and Self-financing/ Private Colleges for the present and such other colleges/ Universities/ courses as may be determined and notified by the State Government from time to time, shall be out of the purview of the centralized admission system.
- The State Government will issue an appropriate direction or advisory from time to time as may be required for proper implementation of the centralized online admission system.
By order of the Governor,
MANISH JAIN
Principal Secretary to the
Govt. of West Bengal
No. 265-Edn dated 24.04.2023, Source
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