Department of School and Higher Education is the department of school education including primary and secondary schools in the state of

West Bengal West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...

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. This is the main authority to implement the educational policy of the

Government of West Bengal The Government of West Bengal, also known as the West Bengal Government, is the Administrative division, principal administrative authority of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of West Bengal, created by the Constitution ...

Activities

The department is the nodal body which look after various aspects of

school A school is the educational institution (and, in the case of in-person learning, the Educational architecture, building) designed to provide learning environments for the teaching of students, usually under the direction of teachers. Most co ...

level educations for the state having specific tasks like text book selection, formation of board and councils (

West Bengal Board of Secondary Education The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) is the West Bengal state government administered autonomous examining authority for the Standard 10 examination (or secondary school level examination) of West Bengal, India Indi ...

and

West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) is an Indian examining authority (School Educational Board), which is responsible for conducting examinations for standard XII for both government and private schools affiliated to ...

), inspection, recruitment of teachers (Government)/ education staff, execution of projects, language policy and schemes, preparation of teaching, training, research etc. There are also have the regular budgeting, audit programs, recognition, up-gradation of schools and legal matters.

Ministers

At present the Minister-in-Charge of this Department is Mr.

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External links

Board of School Education, West Bengal
official website
Council of Higher Secondary Education, West Bengal
official website
Department of School Education West Bengal [Banglar Shiksha
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References

Government departments of West Bengal Subnational education ministries, West Bengal {{WestBengal-stub