WB Admissions 2021: 80% seats reserved for home university students

However, students from outside universities will be allotted seats only if seats remain vacant.

WB College Admission 2021: West Bengal higher education department in an official notification informed that the ratio of home university students and that from other universities for postgraduate courses would be 80:20 this year as the last session. However, students from outside universities will be allotted seats only if seats remain vacant. Reports suggest that WB Admissions 2021 will begin on September 1 and classes will start by the last week of October. According to TOI, during the online admission process for West Bengal Colleges, students will not have to be physically present for counseling or verification of their documents. “Applicants will have to upload all the testimonials and documents on the admission portals,” said the principal of a college, offering PG courses in several subjects.

Earlier, the department of higher education decided to reserve 60 per cent of seats for home university students, but the share was changed to 80% last year, considering the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic. Last year, several protests were staged against the higher share for home university students, which many felt, would lower the chances of other students taking admissions to Presidency and JU.

Meanwhile, the higher education department in its notification also stated that the state-run higher educational institutions in West Bengal will have to complete the admission process online based on merit without calling anyone to campus for any other process.

In view of the success of the online admission process last year with requisite infrastructure already put in place in state’s higher educational institutions, admission to all undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) courses in the state-funded higher educational institutions for the ensuing 2021-22 session will be made online, the department said.

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