Vocational education to be a separate stream

Kolkata: Vocational education will become a separate stream in the curriculum of West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education and the school education department in the next academic year.
         
Stating this after a meeting with state Higher Education Minister Bratya Basu, Finance Minister Amit Mitra and representatives of business houses, Technical Education Minister Rabi Ranjan Chattopadhyay said the move was aimed at preparing the individuals for jobs.
         
He said the syllabus for the stream would be prepared within three months and the assistance of different chambers of commerce and the entreprenuers would be sought with regard to introducing the course. 

West Bengal to fill up vacancies for lecturers

Kolkata: The West Bengal government would soon fill up vacancies for the posts of lecturers in all the colleges across the state, School Education Minister Bratya Basu said.

Replying to a question-answer session in the state assembly today, Basu said not only lecturers, the vacant posts of principals would also be filled up. 

The posts would be filled through the College Service Commission. 

Basu, however, said part time teachers could not be inducted on full time basis as there are legal issues involved. 

Full time teachers were required to clear State Level Eligibility Test. 

Pvt engineering college Principal, staff locked for 6 hrs

Howrah (WB): Students of a private engineering institute yesterday night locked the lady Principal and seven other members of teaching faculty at Chatterjeehat in Howrah district for about six hours protesting against lack of facilities.

The students, comprising girls and boys, laid a siege outside the chamber of Principal Lahari Ghosh and seven of her colleagues demanding Dalalpukur Enginnering Institute immediately provide better drinking water facilities and other basic amenities to the students.

Institute sources said the blockade was lifted when the authorities promised to sit with the students very soon to solve all the outstanding issues.

Ghosh said she was ailing and told the students of her physical condition and the blockade was lifted a little before 9 pm, less than six hours after the demonstration began.

Police said its team went to the spot but waited outside the premises and did not interfere as the two sides sorted the issue.