West Bengal colleges prepare for admissions

Govt. has ordered that online admission process should be done based on merit

Colleges across West Bengal have initiated the process of admission to undergraduate and postgraduate courses with the State government issuing a timeline for the same. Like last year, in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the admission process will be conducted online and students will not be required to pay application fees. Colleges are busy holding internal online meetings to decide on online gateways for payment of admission fees and whether they should offer any discount to students because of the pandemic. Last year, the decision to waive off the application fees was taken by the State government well after the receipt of applications by colleges, which had a tough time refunding the amount to applicants. This year there is clarity beforehand, with the guidelines being issued more than a week before results of State board exams could be declared.