June 12, 2014
WB Education Minister instructs all colleges to develop web portal for online admissions in 2015
Every college must have a web portal of itsown by December so that college admission can be fully online next year,Education Minister Partha Chatterjee told vice-chancellors of all affiliatinguniversities on Wednesday.
At the meeting with the VCs, the Ministerrepeated what he had said about the government`s stand on centralized onlineadmission to colleges.
The government is determined to introduceonline admission at every college next year. Every college must have its ownweb portal in six months. 2015 has been set as the deadline for colleges acrossthe state to switch to the online system.
The Education Minister had called themeeting with the VCs and other senior officials of universities to discuss thedifficulties they faced in running the institutions. This was his first meetingwith the university heads after assuming office as education minister on May27.
The minister told the VCs that they shouldensure that the colleges maintain transparency in the admission process andstudents are admitted strictly on the basis of merit. He wanted to know fromthe vice-chancellors whether they had any plans for the development of theirinstitutions. He promised all help for implementation of the development plans,including introduction of more courses.
