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That one portal will facilitate admissions in 461 colleges across the state, affiliated to 16 universities, for 7,217 undergraduate courses
An undergraduate aspirant can apply for admission in government and government-aided colleges from June 24 through a centralised portal, Bengal education minister Bratya Basu said on Wednesday.
That one portal will facilitate admissions in 461 colleges across the state, affiliated to 16 universities, for 7,217 undergraduate courses.
Until last year, each college enrolled students by itself.
A candidate who has passed the Plus-II board examinations has to apply and register between June 24 and July 7.
Centralised undergraduate admissions in government and government-aided colleges will start a month and a half after the publication of the Plus-II results.
The autonomous and minority institutions are outside the purview of the portal and have already screened the applications they received. They will start classes in the next few weeks.
The education minister said any Indian student who has passed the Plus-II board exams from any recognised board could apply for a maximum of 25 undergraduate courses.
A prospective student has to submit applications online through the websites https:banglaruchchashiksha.wb.gov.in and https://wbsche.wb.gov.in by clicking the “Centralized Admission” tab.
The candidate will be given a User ID and password.
The merit list will be system-generated, institution-wise and course-wise.
“A candidate who has been admitted will be allowed a higher level of preference if seats are available. However, the student will be allotted only one seat based on eligibility,” the education minister told reporters.
The admissions window will have two phases. Each phase will be of two rounds.
The second phase will be called the mop-up round.
In Phase 1, the candidates have to apply and register between June 24 and July 7.
This will be followed by the publication of college-wise and programme-wise merit lists and seat allotment details on July 12.
Candidates happy with the seat allotment can enrol from July 12 to 18.
“The portal will seek to know from the selected candidates whether they want to opt for the choice upgrade. It may happen that the preferred one of the 25 courses (which a candidate applied for) or a college of his or her preference is available during the upgrade. Once the candidate opts for the upgrade, round II of Phase I will start,” said an official.
In round II of Phase I, the portal will publish college-wise and programme-wise merit lists and seat allotment details for the upgrade round.
“Admissions in the upgrade round will continue from July 23 to 26. Physical
verification of the admitted candidates at the institution level has been scheduled from July 30 to August 6. Classes for the new session will start on August 7,” the official said.
Phase II of the admission window will start on August 8 with the publication of institution-wise and course-wise lists of vacant seats. The mop-up phase will be from August 8 to 17.
“The Phase I applicants who were not allotted seats or cancelled their admission or did not enrol even after seat allotment can change their preference from August 8 to 17,” said an official in the higher education department.
The new merit list and the seat allocation list will be published on August 20.Colleges will enrol students based on the revised lists between August 20 and 23.Round II of Phase II will again be an upgrade round.
“The students will be admitted to the allotted seats from August 27 to 30. Physical verification of the admitted candidates at the respective institutions after the mop-up round will continue from September 3 to 7,” said an official of the department.What if seats remain vacant even after Phase II?
“We will then think of leaving it to the colleges to fill the seats on their own,” said education secretary Manish Jain.
Last updated on 20 Jun 2024
