Bengal to frame policy for self-financing private colleges

The West Bengal Government is keen to formulate a uniform policy for self-financing private colleges in the state for better governance in those educational institutions.
Announcing this here today, state Higher Education minister Partha Chatterjee today said the idea had received a nod in the state Cabinet meeting today.
"However, a bill in this regard will soon be placed in the state Assembly. Such self-financing colleges run in their own style as they are not financed by the government. But, a uniform policy is required for their governance and coordination among such colleges," he said.
The minister said there were about 22 self-financed private colleges in the state, of which three were under Calcutta University.

Chatterjee was confident that a Uniform Policy would bring them together with a comprehensive academic environment.
The state cabinet today named the Hastings College and a new Government College at Rajarhat after the names of Sister Nivedita and former President A P J Abdul Kalam respectively, the minister added.