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Bengal to frame policy for self-financing private colleges

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
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.

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First Published: Sep 09 2015 | 10:22 PM IST

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