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The West Bengal government has launched a centralized online admission system for all state-run, aided, or affiliated colleges and universities. The official notification stated that it would be operational beginning with the current academic year, or 2023–24. Through the single-window platform, students will be able to select the colleges of their choice without having to repeatedly pay admission fees to different institutions to block seats. The West Bengal State Council of Higher Education will maintain and run the online admission system, according to the announcement released on Monday by Principal Secretary Manish Jain. The council will also have a dedicated bank account where admission fees can be deposited. According to the statement, the council would transfer the admission fees to the appropriate educational institution within a month of the admissions process’ conclusion. However, the notification stated that the Higher Education Department may, at its discretion, exclude any course or institution from the purview of the centralized admission site. The government said that the centralized admission system was put in place in response to the difficulties faced by students who were required to apply to several colleges and universities by registering on individual institutions’ web portals and paying separate application fees. “A student had to take admission in a particular college within a specific time-frame, block the seat and apply in other institutions where admissions began later. As a result, the student had to pay multiple admission fees in various colleges and faced problems in getting a refund from institutions he or she did not take admission finally,” the notice stated. According to the notification, the Higher Education Department wanted to give every student the opportunity to choose the course they wanted to take, considering the need for consistency and transparency in the admissions system of colleges and universities that fall under its administrative control.

An executive certificate programme in corporate law has been introduced by the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bodh Gaya. The programme, which lasts for 10 months, is intended for professionals. The programme will end on February 1st, 2024. Candidates interested in applying may visit the official website at iimbg.ac.in. The purpose of this certificate programme is to instruct professionals about corporate laws and how they relate to various business-related challenges. Corporate governance, regulatory concerns, and developing and carrying out sensible financial strategies under the influence of the law will all be covered. The program’s directors, Professors Sabyasachi Mohapatra, an Associate Professor of Finance and Accounting, and Professor Soumya Prakash Patra, an Assistant Professor of law and public policy, attended the program’s launch together with Professor Vinita S. Sahay, Director of IIM Bodh Gaya. Attendees at the inauguration ceremony included candidates who have taken up the course. Professor Patra said at the ceremony that “the batch profile is dynamic in nature, which has participants of 30 years of experience to 1.8 years of experience.” Participants who have met all of the course’s criteria (attendance and evaluation) will receive a “Certificate of Completion” at the end of the programme.  

The National Credit Framework (NCrF) will be adopted by all 23 Indian Institute of Technology (IITs). This decision was made at an IIT Council meeting held on April 18 at IIT Bhubaneswar. The National Education Policy 2020 envisions making education more comprehensive and effective and emphasises the convergence of general (academic) education and vocational education, the UGC chairman said during his presentation on NCrF to the council. To realise this objective, a national credit accumulation and transfer system is required. A High-Level Committee was established by the Indian government, with representatives from the UGC, AICTE, NCVET, NIOS, CBSE, NCERT, DGT, Ministry of Education, and Ministry of Skill Development. The directors of all 23 IITs as well as Chairman UGC Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar attended this meeting, which was presided over by Education Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan. Following the UGC Chairman’s presentation, the IIT Council unanimously resolved to adopt and implement the National Credit Framework for all IITs. Additionally, Kumar asserted that the IITs had held awareness workshops for each region. The North Zone workshop was held on November 21, 2022 at IIT Delhi, the East Zone workshop was held on November 24, 2022 at IIT Bhubaneswar, the North East Zone workshop was held on November 26, 2022 at IIT Guwahati, the West Zone workshop was held on November 28, 2022 at IIT Bombay, and the South Zone workshop was held on November 29, 2022 at IIT Madras.