Bratya to visit state varsities in January

KOLKATA: Come January and education minister Bratya Basu and West Bengal Higher Education Council chairman Sugata Marjit will take a tour to all universities in the state. It is time for the universities and affiliating colleges to sit up and take a note of the problems bothering them since education minister Bratya Basu and West Bengal Higher Education Council chairman Sugata Marjit will make a tour of all universities starting from January.
"We would like to go on an inspection since it is important to know the problems being faced by the universities and colleges. The institutes also need to be updated about funds which they can seek from the government for upgradation which they haven't done till now," said state education minister Bratya Basu.
Basu said that they would first visit Burdwan University and Vidyasagar University in January. He added "we will visit Burdwan university and Vidyasagar university in January.
Then next stop will be at Gourbanga University and North Bengal University. In February, we will sit with the officials of Calcutta University and then one by one with others," he added. The minister also said that all the vice-chancellors have been asked to sit with the college principals and discuss about better utilization of funds. tnn"It will benefit the infrastructure like building of laboratories, new classrooms, common rooms and staff rooms. The government website has already been updated with the funds which the universities and colleges can claim for development," Basu said.