Higher Education
Promotion and regulation of Higher Education and Cultural development including Technical or specialized education in the State Universities and Colleges.
WBFS shall be implemented through on-line mode/ for the Under Graduate Level Engineering & Technology/ Pharmacy/ Architecture programmes conducted by Self-financing Engineering & Technical Institutions.
Teaching and Non-Teaching Pensioners of State-aided Universities who are not eligible for ad-hoc Bonus shall be paid an ex-gratia grant of Rs. 1,900/- only in lump per head.
Fill up the vacant seats in the undergraduate courses from the applicants who have already submitted applications or those who may apply for the vacant seats through online portal of the institutions.
Admissions to all Under Graduate (Honours and General) and Post Graduate courses in the State-funded Higher Education Institutions in West Bengal for the ensuing academic session 2022-2023 will be made online in Standalone mode.
State Aided Universities is requested to open up 40% of seats for open competition among the Undergraduates from other Universities/ Colleges.
Guidelines for admission to vacant seats in degree level engineering, technology, architecture and pharmacy courses after the e-counseling and Mop-up round of counseling in 2018 through decentralized counseling.
All the participating Institutions are directed to submit the ‘SEAT MATRIX’ as per the specified FORMAT within the 06th. June, 2014 so as to enable the Directorate to prepare the necessary ‘Seat Matrix-2014’ for onward communication to the Joint Entrance Examinations Board.
List of proposed B. Ed./ M. Ed./ B. P. Ed./ M. P. Ed. Colleges, for which there may be no objection to issue NOC in favour of the colleges subject to their papers/ applications being in order.
Swami Vivekananda West Bengal Government MCM Scholarship Scheme is introduced for providing financial assistance to the poor and meritorious students pursuing higher studies.
Higher Education Department has sought clarifications on some points regarding COSA implementation for teaching and non-teaching staff of the Grant-in-aid colleges and state Universities.