Awards for research scholars soon:- KOLKATA: The West Bengal Higher Education Council has proposed to set up five research awards which will be given out for excellence in research to appreciate the effort of the scholars. The awards to the tune of Rs 1 lakh each will be given out in various streams including natural science, social science, bio-science and engineering among others. "We have asked the vice-chancellors of various state-run universities to suggest names of personalities on whom the awards will be named," said secretary of the council Prabir Das. According to him, the modalities will be chalked out soon. However, the council will give the awards to research scholars below 40 years. "Committees will be formed for each award, comprising subject experts, who will propose the names of the research scholars eligible for the awards," he added. The West Bengal Higher Education Council members had also convened a meeting on the Jorasankho campus of Rabindra Bharati University on Wednesday, where they proposed to start the Common Entrance Test (CET) for post graduation admissions in all the state run universities from the next academic session. Earlier, it was decided that the CET for PG entrance will be held from 2013-2014 session which was later postponed due to time constraint. "Initially, it was proposed that 50% of the seats in PG courses will be reserved for own students while the rest will be taken on the basis of the CET. The question papers may be based on multiple choice questions (MCQs) and the College Service Commission is likely to be given the responsibility to conduct the test. The question paper will be of 100 marks. The universities are free to give adequate weightage to the graduation score, CET marks and if necessary, can also hold interviews and prepare a merit list," said a source a course in the council. This year, 60% of the PG seats in the universities were reserved for internal students while the rest was open. Sources said, "Though the council has also proposed to introduce the CET online, it may not be feasible for language papers which may require certain amount of writing. This will have to be discussed before implementation." The council members on Wednesday also proposed to centrally organise the online admissions for undergraduate courses in various colleges which will ensure more transparency. "Already, the colleges are uploading merit lists on the websites. If a centrally-organized system is developed, then no bias can be claimed during the UG admissions," the council secretary added.
Posted on: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 05:15:04 +0000
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