West Bengal Government directs state's power utility to ensure electricity during final semester exams
West Bengal government has asked the state's power utilities to ensure that there is no disruption of electricity supply during the final semester exams.
The West Bengal government has directed the state's power utilities to ensure that there is no disruption of electricity supply during the final semester exams of Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses to be conducted in online mode from October 1 to October 18. Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said that both CESC Limited and West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL) have been issued advisory by the government in this regard. "Advisory issued to CESC and WBSEB to provide uninterrupted power during examinations from 1st October to 18th," Chatterjee tweeted.
While CESC provides electricity to Kolkata, Howrah and parts of Hooghly district, WBSEDCL which was earlier known as West Bengal State Electricity Board (WBSEB) supplies power to the rest of the state.
Though Chatterjee named WBSEB, he meant WBSEDCL. The state higher education department had asked all the universities across the state to complete the final semester exams between October 1 and 18 for both UG and PG courses and publish results by October 31.
The universities have decided that candidates will write their papers at home after downloading question papers mailed to them at the scheduled time. After writing the answers in plain papers, students would send them back through email.
West Bengal Education Minister had earlier announced that the new academic session for both Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses in Colleges and Universities will begin from December 1. While talking to media persons on September 26, the Minister had said that in view of festivals like Lakshmi puja, Kali puja/Diwali, Chhat puja, Jagaddhatri puja lined up in the entire month of November, the decision has been taken.
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