Tag: Partha Chatterjee

West Bengal college admissions to be based on board exam marks, no entrance test needed

The admission process will start after the results of the higher secondary examination is published.

May 21, 2019

What’s up in Madhyamik?

In a convoluted attempt at self-deception, the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education has drawn a fine distinction between the social media and a “question paper leak”.

February 16, 2019

Dichotomy in schools

As the Trinamul government now sets about widening the scope of learning English, it urgently needs to reflect on the inherent conundrums.

January 2, 2019

Bengal bandh: BJP claims success

The day is marked by twin triumphs, the state BJP president said.

September 27, 2018

Kolkata: ABVP activists, cops clash at rally to protest students’ death

BJP students' wing seeks immediate resignation of education minister; Congress seeks CBI probe

September 26, 2018

Bengal not to celebrate Surgical Strike Day, Education Minister Partha Chatterjee terms it BJP agenda

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed universities and higher educational institutions to observe September 29 as Surgical Strike Day.

September 21, 2018

Partha critical of Bagree traders

State parliamentary affairs minister Partha Chatterjee on Thursday criticised the traders of the Bagree market over the devastating fire there and said an inquiry will be held as to why fire incidents occur only during the weekends. “The issue that fire incidents are occurring particularly on Saturdays and Sundays was discussed at the GoM meeting …

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September 21, 2018

Partha asks all TMCP student leaders to resign, yet to name president

The state education minister, Mr Partha Chatterjee, said on Saturday that the state government is “dead against” the practice of gherao in higher educational institutions. In the last few months, the vice-chancellor of Jadavpur University and the registrar of Presidency University have been gheraoed for days by students over admission issues. “We are dead against …

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September 9, 2018

Dormant schools

The slip is showing from schools to universities, arguably a testament to the potential centres of excellence that are based on a fragile foundation. Over the past few months ~ which in itself is a long enough period ~ the search of learning has been hampered in both Presidency and Jadavpur Universities. If it was …

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August 30, 2018

TMC using Rakhi festival as a political tool: Ghosh

Ghosh says BJP does not appease people of any community to attract votes.

August 27, 2018

Mamata likely to announce name of TMCP state president on 28 August

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to announce the name of the state president of Trinamul Congress Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) on 28 August, on Trinamul Chhatra Parishad day, sources at Trinamul Bhawan said on Sunday. The state education minister, Mr Partha Chatterjee, along with party’s youth wing president Abhishek Banerjee, held a meeting on Saturday …

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August 6, 2018

NRC row | Trinamool Congress to observe black day in Bengal today, tomorrow

To protest against the detention and “manhandling” of its leaders at Silchar airport in Assam; a 6-member TMC delegation wanted to assess the ground reality in Assam's Cachar district in the wake of the release of final draft of the National Register of Citizens

August 4, 2018

Partha tables 5 varsity Bills

Twenty-three per cent seats of Jadavpur University (JU) are vacant on account of students’ unrest, said education minister Partha Chatterjee in the state Assembly on Tuesday. Tabling five Bills, including for setting up four new universities and renaming one, Mr Chatterjee said that one university is being set up in each district on the instruction …

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August 1, 2018

NRC: House resolution slams Centre

A delegation of six MPs and minister Firhad Hakim from TMC will visit Assam on 2 and 3 August.

August 1, 2018

JU undermined

Jadavpur University has shot itself in the foot and the authorities have flunked the entrance exam. This is quite the most charitable construct that can be placed upon last Wednesday’s decision to scrap the admission test for as many as six subjects in the humanities stream. Helmed by an Oxford-trained historian, it strains credulity that …

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July 8, 2018

JU admission row: VC Suranjan Das meets Governor, no solution yet

Decision of direct admission yet to be fully implemented as students continue to mount pressure on authorities.

July 7, 2018

Admission without counselling, says education minister

Declaration puts transparency of the process in question. Cops nab Surendra Nath College student for seeking money from fresher.

July 4, 2018