DEPARTMENT
of
HIGHER EDUCATION
Government of West Bengal
Bikash Bhavan, Salt Lake City, Kolkata 700091
Higher Education : 2012-2013
No of Education
Colleges
( B.Ed / B.P.Ed.)
No of Law Colleges
No of Art Colleges
No of Management
Colleges
Total No. of Colleges
No of General
Degree Colleges
59
5
698
129
34
06
01
01
2 . Burdwan University
29
2
227
93
31
06
01
3. Vidyasagar University
19
3
117
44
21
02
4 . Kalyani University
22
4
245
43
21
5 . North Bengal University
22
3
148
50
6 . W B State U n i v e r s i t y , Barasat
27
2
161
7 . Gour Banga University
19
3
8 . Jadavpur University
35
9. Rabindra Bharati University
22
1 1 . Bengal Engg & Science University
No of Other Colleges
(Non-AICTE)
No. of teachers
1 . Calcutta University
–
01
–
–
01
01
–
–
03
–
–
10
01
–
50
11
01
106
24
13
3
636
–
01
3
155
–
1 0 . Sidho Kanho Birsha
No of Eng & Tech
Colleges
No. of faculty
No of Music Colleges
No. of Departments
No of Hotel
Management
Colleges
UNIVERSITY
01
01
174
–
13
145
–
–
06
74
–
–
–
03
70
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37
–
–
–
–
–
–
02
–
–
01
–
–
–
–
01
19
4
4
1
28
–
2
208
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5
2
12
–
–
–
–
1 3 . W B University of Technology
7
3
32
–
–
–
–
No
2745
452
146+
+
23**
*
**
+
++
–
–
01
16
1 2 . Netaji Subhas Open University
TOTAL
01
–
–
40
4
42+
Exclusive of University Colleges/Departments of JU,BESU,CU,BU & KU,WBUT(including IJT, Central Govt. of India)
Excluding University Colleges/Departments
Exclusive of University Management Deptts. and inclusive of Engg. Colleges with Management Deptts.
Excluding University Colleges/Departments.
04
4
61
63
–
84
59
187
2
85*
84
842
UNIVERSITIES
STATE AIDED UNIVERSITIES IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS :
1. Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya
2. West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences
3. West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences
4. Uttarbanga Krishi Viswavidyalaya
5. West Bengal University of Health Sciences
6. Aliah University
OTHER UNIVERSITIES / DEEMED UNIVERSITY :
1. R K M Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (RKMVERI)
CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES :
1. Visva-Bharati
2. Indira Gandhi National Open University, Regional Centre
HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTES
INSTITUTES WITH SPECIAL STATUS :
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Indian Institute of Management, Joka
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Indian Statistical Institute, Baranagar
National Institute of Technology, Durgapur
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Kolkata (IISER-K)
INSTITUTION OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE :
1.
Asiatic Society
IMPORTANT RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS :
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
Bose Institute
Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute
Centre for Studies in Social Sciences
Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
Institute of Historical Studies
Netaji Institute for Asian Studies
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
Satyendra Nath Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre
HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTES
IMPORTANT INSTITUTES/ORGANISATIONS ATTACHED TO HIGHER EDUCATION :
1. West Bengal State Council Of Higher Education :
2. West Bengal College Service Commission :
3. District Gazetteers :
4. State Archives :
5. State Book Board :
6. Institut De Chandernagor :
7. Institute Of English :
AUTONOMOUS / VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS :
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
(k)
(l)
Bangiya Bignan Parishad.
Bangiya Sahitya Parishad.
Centre for Studies in Social Sciences.
Jagadish Bose National Science Talent Search.
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science.
Institute of Development Studies Kolkata.
R. K. Mission Institute of Culture.
Indian School of Social Sciences.
Institute of Historical Studies.
Institute of Science, Education and Culture.
Netaji Institute of Asian Studies.
Paschim Banga Itihas Samsad.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF COLLEGES
Government
Colleges
General Degree Colleges
20
Colleges for Education including Colleges for Physical
Education
11
Art College
1
Law College
1
Engineering & Technological Colleges & Isnt. of Jute Tech.
(Govt. of India)
7
Total
Non-Govt. &
Self
financing
Colleges
40
General Degree Colleges
438
Colleges for Education including Colleges for Physical
Education
135
Law College
22
Music College
2
Art College
3
Business Management / Business Administration College
42
Engineering & Technological Colleges excluding University
Engineering Department
78
Hotel Management
4
Other Professional Colleges (Non AICTE)
84
Total
Total Colleges in West Bengal
808
848
ENROLMENT OF STUDENTS IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF STUDY (UNDERGRADUATE
& POSTGRADUATE) IN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES (2012-2013)
Area of Study
BOYS
GEN
SC
GIRLS
ST
TOTAL
GEN
SC
ST
GRAND
TOTAL
TOTAL
317676
96376
19230
433282
380526
65499
12422
458447
891729
Science
83796
16895
2800
103491
6429
6882
1394
14705
118196
Commerce
84188
7538
1190
92916
3655
1223
402
5280
98196
Education
4603
1013
306
5922
484
780
229
1493
7415
Law
3851
520
58
4429
349
256
16
621
5050
62580
6656
866
70102
2180
1239
166
3585
73687
408
0
0
408
44
0
0
44
452
Others
2347
272
77
2696
219
159
45
423
3119
TOTAL
559449
129270
24527
713246
393886
76038
14674
484598
1197844
Arts
Engineering
Management
CUMULATIVE ENROLMENT FIGURE FOR 2012-2013 (PG)
Area of Study
BOYS
GEN
SC
GIRLS
ST
TOTAL
GEN
SC
ST
TOTAL
GRAND
TOTAL
Arts
19284
6320
924
26528
22352
4996
542
27890
54418
Science
12079
2055
173
14307
6896
1898
80
8874
23181
Commerce
3154
472
33
3659
1675
267
21
1963
5622
Education
1160
436
64
1660
1098
447
25
1570
3230
191
64
26
281
228
45
28
301
582
Engineering
3111
485
50
3646
1407
193
15
1615
5261
Management
2944
120
21
3085
1578
64
2
1644
4729
Others
3875
572
60
4507
5092
317
51
5460
9967
TOTAL
45798
10524
1351
57673
40326
8227
764
49317
106990
Law
DISTRICT
NUMBER OF GIRLS’ GENERAL
DEGREE COLLEGES
COLLEGE WITH HOSTEL FACILITY
Bankura
01
01
Burdwan
04
04
Birbhum
03
00
Calcutta
19
12
Coochbehar
00
00
Darjeeling
03
00
Hooghly
05
01
Howrah
01
00
Jalpaiguri
02
01
Malda
01
01
Midnapore (East)
01
01
Midnapore (West)
01
01
Murshidabad
01
01
Nadia
02
01
North Dinajpur
00
00
South Dinajpur
01
01
Purulia
00
00
North 24-Parganas
04
02
South 24-Parganas
01
00
Total :
50
28
AISHE
No of University
No of College/Institutions affiliated
No of Standalone Institutions
Total
2011-2012
26
915
238
1179
2012-2013
26
935
245
1206
No of Colleges/Institutions – Central Govt. 13
State Govt. 36
Private Aided 452
Private Unaided 412
University
Affiliated No of Colleges
Burdwan University, Burdwan
154
Calcutta University, Kolkata
159
Kalyani University, Kalyani
77
North Bengal University, Darjeeling
63
The West Bengal University of Health Sciences, Kolkata
84
West Bengal State University
66
University of Gour Banga, Malda
34
Vidya Sagar University, Midnapore
71
Population 2011 is 9,13,47,736
[ Male 51.4%, Female 48.6% ]
Enrolment for all (estimated) 1179 institutes is 17,40,259
[ Male 56.5%, Female 43.5% ]
Estimate Population in the age-group 18 – 24 is 88,81,029
(9.72% of Total)
Gross Enrolment Ratio is 19.59
Literacy Rate 2011 is 72.1
[Male 78.4, Female 65.5 ]
Total Population
Population in the age
group 18-24 years
No of Higher
Secondary
Schools
No of Higher
Education Institutes
Bankura
3596292
448457
4051
33
Barddhaman
7723663
963140
4964
90
Birbhum
3502387
436747
2802
27
Dakshin Dinajpur
1670931
208365
1431
12
Darjiling
1842034
229701
1468
30
Haora
4841638
603752
2758
37
Hugli
5520389
688392
3751
48
Jalpaiguri
3869675
482548
2388
21
Koch Bihar
2822780
352000
2168
16
Kolkata
4486679
559488
2084
150
Maldah
3997970
498546
2231
18
Murshidabad
7102430
885673
3784
43
Nadia
5168488
644510
3106
34
N24 Parganas
10082852
1257331
4703
116
Paschim Medinipur
5943300
741129
5478
39
Purba Medinipur
5094238
635251
3920
34
Puruliya
2927965
365117
3406
24
S24 Parganas
8153176
1016701
4513
60
Uttar Dinajpur
3000849
374205
1690
8
District
District
Bankura
Barddhaman
Birbhum
Dakshin
Dinajpur
Darjiling
Haora
Hugli
Jalpaiguri
Koch Bihar
Kolkata
Maldah
Murshidabad
Nadia
N24
Parganas
Paschim
Medinipur
Purba
Medinipur
Puruliya
S24
Parganas
Uttar Dinajpur
Total
Enrolment
42743
127205
37102
Total SC
Enrolment
5721
18722
6944
Total ST
Enrolment
3348
11591
2703
Total No of
Teachers
991
3837
968
No of Students per
Teacher
43.13
33.15
38.33
23813
30395
41655
74208
64795
36093
186353
40766
65998
67617
4841
4366
4711
11453
20230
14149
17893
9042
7255
14276
2926
3565
2197
5828
11725
6706
9361
4684
3550
6026
245
1659
1468
2207
522
365
8027
407
1187
1472
97.20
18.32
28.38
33.62
124.13
98.88
23.22
100.16
55.60
45.94
141127
17601
8289
4580
30.81
55538
7521
5234
1861
29.84
63631
30441
6764
4903
2557
3920
1603
604
39.69
50.40
86455
23016
19660
5473
8021
2717
2030
201
42.59
114.51
District
Bankura
Barddhaman
Birbhum
Dakshin Dinajpur
Darjiling
Haora
Hugli
Jalpaiguri
Koch Bihar
Kolkata
Maldah
Murshidabad
Nadia
N24 Parganas
Paschim Medinipur
Purba Medinipur
Puruliya
S24 Parganas
Uttar Dinajpur
Institute Density
No of HS Schools per
[ Population per Higher Average No of Students per Higher Education
Education Institute]
Higher Education Institute
Institute
13590
1295
10
10702
1413
7
16176
1374
11
17364
1984
8
7657
1013
7
16318
1125
14
14342
1546
9
22978
3085
7
22000
2255
9
3730
1242
3
27697
2264
12
20597
1534
13
18956
1988
9
10839
1216
8
19003
1424
13
18684
1871
9
15213
1268
11
16945
1440
11
46776
2877
16
Strengths
• Cultural and societal premium on intellectual
pursuits – Rabindranath Tagore
• Large number of educational institutions set
up during the British era
• Premier national research institutions
located in the State
• Large number of faculty retired from these
institutions; still available for being tapped
• Large number of academics teaching
abroad and willing to return to the state
Weaknesses
• For thirty five years:
– High degree of politicisation / unionisation of higher
education
– Appointments to high offices made on
considerations other than merit
– Degeneration in quality of higher education
– Lack of accountability at all levels
– Governance structures dysfunctional
– No significant public investment in higher education
– Large number of vacant teaching and non-teaching
posts
Opportunities
• Political will of the Government – turn
around the education sector
• The State Government is committed to
increasing public investment
• It is also welcoming private investment in
higher education
• RUSA – has come at an opportune time
• Effort to de-politicise appointments to
senior positions
•
•
•
•
•
Challenges : Expansion, Excellence &
Equity
Expansion
Total population of the State:9.13 crore
Total no. of higher education insttns:1206
PTR: adverse compared to UGC norm
Skewed distribution / expansion. Kolkata,
North and South 24 Pgs, Hooghly and
Darjeeling on one hand; the two Dinajpurs,
Jalpaiguri, Coochbehar, Malda and Msd
on the other
Challenges : Expansion, Excellence & Equity
• Excellence
• Attendance of both students and teachers not
satisfactory
• Most HEIs following 5-day week contrary to
UGC’s guidelines
• Unemployable graduates
• Syllabi have not been revised / updated for
decades
• UGC’s guidelines for promotions have not been
implemented in letter and spirit
• Low priority to research
Challenges : Expansion, Excellence & Equity
• Equity
• Representation of SC, ST & OBC is low
• No. of institutions for women is low, especially in
minority dominated areas
• SC/ST/OBC/minority representation among
teachers too is low
• Challenge is to apply the correctives without
aggravating divisions
Challenges : Expansion, Excellence & Equity
• EQUITY
•
•
•
•
Total Enrolment -- 17,40,259
Total SC Enrolment – 15.5%
Total ST Enrolment – 2.6%
Total OBC Enrolment – 4.9%
•
•
•
•
•
Total Number of Teachers – 42,496 [ Male 66.5%, Female 33.5%]
Total Number of Part-time Teachers – 6291 [ Male 57.4%, Female 43.6% ]
Total Number of Contract Teachers – 2175 [ Male 48.5%, Female 51.5% ]
Total Number of SC Teachers – 2263 [ Male 76.5%, Female 23.5% ]
Total Number of Contract Teachers – 318 [ Male 59.1%, Female 40.9% ]
•
•
•
Total Number of Non-Teaching Staff – 31,814 [ Male 82.7%, Female 17.3%]
SC Non-Teaching Staff – 3396 [ Male 85.5%, Female 14.5%]
ST Non-Teaching Staff – 787 [ Male 78.5%, Female 21.5% ]
[ Male 56.5%, Female 43.5% ]
[ Male 58.1%, Female 41.9% ]
[Male 58.8%, Female 41.2% ]
[Male 57.3%, Female 42.7% ]
Challenges
• There are 6291 Part time teachers in Govt. and Govt.
aided colleges
• There are 2175 CWTTs in Govt. and Govt.-aided
Colleges
• Under-qualified and under-paid
• Regularisation is a major issue
• Ensure classes 6 days a week
• Ensure teachers attend regularly – biometric
attendance?
• Use of technology
• Robust MIS covering all institutions
Current endeavours
• Largest single expansion in the State’s
higher education sector
• New colleges, universities
• Private University Policy
• Unprecedented recruitment drive
• Creation of posts
• Public investment of funds
• Vision: to make higher education State’s
comparative advantage