Bengal VC Council recommend continued suspension of university classes till June 30

Vice-Chancellors of the state universities have urged the West Bengal Government to keep the colleges and universities closed till June 30, 2020 in view of the situation created by COVID-19 and Cyclone Amphan.

A meeting was held among the Vice-Chancellors on Friday, where they all took the resolution regarding this matter.

After the meeting, Subiresh Bhattacharya, General Secretary(Bengal Vice-Chancellor's' Council) and Vice Chancellor of North Bengal University told PTI that the Upcharya Parishad has decided to recommend the West Bengal Government to suspend the Academic Activities on campuses till June 30.

Issues like maintenance of academic calendar, ways to conduct the upcoming semester examinations, final year examination procedures, CBCS module procedures, efficacy of the online classes were some of the crucial agendas of the meeting.

Education Minister of Bengal Government, Partha Chakraborty has said that the state government will let the university authorities decide on the possible date of re-opening of the state varsities based on the recommendations made by VC Council. 

While on 27th May, the Education Minister has announced that the state government schools will remain closed till June 30 due to the damages made by Amphan and also because some of the buildings are being used as quarantine shelters.

The VC Council consisted of representatives of all the 20 state universities in West Bengal.