To ensure universalization of Primary, Elementary, Secondary and Higher Secondary Education and to ensure quality education for Human Resource Development.
Due to extreme hot conditions prevailing in the State it has been decided that classes will remain suspended in all Government, Government Sponsored and Non-Government aided schools (Primary to Higher Secondary) from 16.06.2014 to 25.06.2014.
Under no circumstance the Managing Committee/Adhoc Committee/Executive Committee/Administrator of the School will allow any teacher to undergo study hampering the normal course of business of the school.
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (L.P.G.) is considered to be safe, economic, time-saving and smoke-free fuel for cooking Mid-day Meal in school. The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). Govt. of India insists on use of LPG under Cooked Mid-day Meal Programme (CMDMP).
School Education Department recommends provisional recognition for up-gradation of 44 High Schools to Higher Secondary Level to introduce Higher Secondary level General Stream Courses for the academic session of 2014.
5 seats in all DIETs, Government PTTIs and Government aided/sponsored PTTIs shall be kept reserved from the next academic session for inservice untrained primary teachers having requisite academic qualifications and interested to pursue D.El.Ed. Course as deputed candidate.
Applications are invited from Indian citizens with 50% in Higher Secondary Examination for Admission to 2 Year D.El.Ed Course for the session 2014-2016.
All the State government and private schools are directed not to deny admission to the HIV affected children and also to treat them at par with other children and not to suspend or expel them from schools solely on the ground of their own or their parents/guardians’ HIV status.
Guidelines for recruitment of Assistant Headmaster/ Assistant Headmistress of Recognised Aided Non-Govt. Secondary Schools/ Higher Secondary Schools, Govt. Sponsored School and all types of Recognised & Aided Madrasahs.
Application Form-cum-Information Booklets for admission to Two Year D.El.Ed. Course (regular face to face mode) will be available from the office of the W.B. Board of Primary Education on and from 23.05.2014 (Friday) for sale.
Personal Contact Programme (PCP) including Workshop for the second year of the Two Year D El Ed Course in the respective study centres, will commence on and from 18-05-14 as per the schedules.
Those candidates who have not received their admit cards for the 2nd Level NTSE, 2014 conducted by NCERT, New Delhi on 11.05.2014 (Sunday) are advised to visit NCERT’s website www.ncert.nic.in.
As per provision under NCTE’s latest Regulation duration of B. Ed. programme shall be at least for a term of one academic year or two semesters. In obedience with the aforesaid norm of NCTE it has been decided that B. Ed. classes will start from 1st July every year and continue upto the last day of June next year.
Because of the prevailing heat wave it has been decided to approve the proposals of the Boards to reschedule the summer vacation which will now start from 2nd May, 2014 and end on 31st May, 2014.
Extra ordinary hot conditions are prevailing all over the State. As is the existing practice, whenever there is severe heat wave, all Government, Government Sponsored and Non-Government Aided Schools are rescheduled to morning school.
All the Government, Government Sponsored and non -Government Aided School Authorities under Kolkata Municipal Corporation Area are requested to run the schools in the morning session, if feasible, till closure of schools on account of summer vacation.