West Bengal B.Ed colleges
West Bengal has identified 275 B.Ed colleges as “ineligible” and said their recognition will not be renewed for the 2026-27 academic year. The decision follows inspections carried out jointly by the Higher Education and Technical Education departments, Higher Education Minister Jagannath Chattopadhyay said.
According to the minister, the inspections were conducted to maintain the quality of education and ensure that education does not become a commodity. Colleges that did not meet the required standards were issued show-cause notices to improve their infrastructure.
In the first phase, 156 B.Ed colleges were allowed to admit students. Show-cause notices with a 21-day deadline were then sent to 415 B.Ed colleges. Nine of them did not respond. After the second round of inspections, 237 B.Ed colleges were allowed to admit students for the 2026-28 academic year. Admissions were stopped at 205 colleges that failed to meet the standards.
The inspection-based action also covers ITIs, polytechnic colleges and pharma colleges. Admissions have been suspended at 14 of the state’s 265 ITIs, 38 of 134 pharma colleges and one of 74 polytechnics.
Swapan Mondal, general secretary of the Bangiya Shikshak O Shikshakarmi Samiti, expressed concern over the decision. He said that shutting down 275 B.Ed colleges at the same time could trigger a crisis in the education sector. He also warned that the future of employees and students linked to these colleges could become uncertain and that there could be a shortage of eligible teacher candidates.
Chattopadhyay said that after the new government led by Suvendu Adhikari came to power, the chief minister had stated at Bikash Bhavan that education must not be turned into a commodity and that its quality had to be maintained.
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