The undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) colleges will start their new academic session from 1 December 2020.
The move has been taken after a meeting was held between Vice-Chancellors of state universities and West Bengal Higher Education Minister Partha Chatterjee on Sunday.
West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said in a media interaction that there are many festivals such as Lakshmi puja, Kali puja/Diwali, Chhat puja, Jagaddhatri puja coming up in November.
Thus, UG and postgraduate academic sessions for 2020-2021 in colleges and universities will begin from 1 December 2020.
Also, the institute premises has to be sanitized properly before the new academic session for which staff needs to be available, so it is better to start the new sessions from December.
By Sahana Iyer
