The higher education department has issued an order that states officials representing the department in highest decision-making bodies of universities “should always consult the education minister�...

The aspiring teachers on an indefinite sit-in have said they would consider calling off the agitation if the government disclosed the scores of selected and waitlisted candidates.The indefinite sit-in...

Social scientist Partha Chatterjee on Wednesday took a class on the document-based citizenship drive and the need to oppose it at a demonstration near New Market that has been continuing for 10 days.�...

The higher education department has extended the closure of colleges and universities till June 30.The department issued an order on May 30 to vice-chancellors, saying “all government, all governmen...

State-aided colleges in Bengal will be asked to deposit the development fees paid by students to the government.The government will supply funds to the colleges for day-to-day maintenance of the campu...

Education minister Partha Chatterjee on Tuesday asked vice-chancellors to ensure that results, including review of answer scripts, were published on time, considering that the choice-based credit syst...

Several schools that stayed open during Wednesday’s BJP-called bandh because the state government had ordered them to said on Thursday that they were jittery about doing the same next time after wha...

Outgoing Bengal governor Keshari Nath Tripathi on Saturday said chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s “appeasement policy” was adversely affecting the “societal harmony” in the state. “Chief mi...

All students of Classes V and VIII in state-aided schools will be promoted to the next class, education minister Partha Chatterjee said on Thursday.The state government had reintroduced the pass-fail ...

The state government will set up 1,000 English- medium schools across Bengal, 900 more than it had promised last year, education minister Partha Chatterjee said in the Assembly on Monday.The governmen...