Department of School Education (West Bengal)

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Department of School and Higher Education
Emblem of West Bengal.svg
Seal of West Bengal
Department overview
JurisdictionGovernment of West Bengal
HeadquartersBikash Bhavan, 5th Floor, Salt Lake, Kolkata -700091
Annual budget₹32,493 crore (US$4.3 billion)[1]
Minister responsible
Department executive
  • Sri Manish Jain, I.A.S, Secretary, Principal Secretary
Websitewbsed.gov.in

Department of School and Higher Education is the department of school education including primary and secondary schools in the state of West Bengal, India. This is the main authority to implement the educational policy of the Government of West Bengal.[2]

Activities[]

The department is the nodal body which look after various aspects of school level educations for the state having specific tasks like text book selection, formation of board and councils (West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education), inspection, recruitment of teachers (Government)/ education staff, execution of projects, language policy and schemes, preparation of teaching, training, research etc. There are also have the regular budgeting, audit programs, recognition, up-gradation of schools and legal matters.[3]

Ministers[]

At present the Minister-in-Charge of this Department is Mr. Bratya Basu.[4]

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ "West Bengal Budget Analysis 2020-21".
  2. ^ "School Education". wb.gov.in. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Department of School Education, Govt. of West Bengal". wbsed.gov.in. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  4. ^ "কঠিন অসুখ, কঠিন সময়ে শিক্ষায় প্রত্যাবর্তন ব্রাত্যর". Ei Samay (in Bengali). Retrieved 17 May 2021.


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