Department of School and Higher Education
Department overview
JurisdictionGovernment of West Bengal
HeadquartersBikash Bhavan, 5th Floor, Salt Lake, Kolkata -700091
Annual budget₹32,493 crore (US$4.1 billion)[1]
Minister responsible
Department executive
  • 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]

Portrait Name Entered Office Left Office
Kanti Biswas 1996 2006
Partha De 2006 2011
Bratya Basu 20 May 2011 20 May 2014
Partha Chatterjee 20 May 2014 10 May 2021
Bratya Basu 10 May 2021 present

References

  1. ↑ "West Bengal Budget Analysis 2020-21".
  2. ↑ "West Bengal School Education Department". wb.gov.in. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Department of School Education, Govt. of West Bengal". Banglar Shiksha. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "কঠিন অসুখ, কঠিন সময়ে শিক্ষায় প্রত্যাবর্তন ব্রাত্যর". Ei Samay (in Bengali). Retrieved 17 May 2021.


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