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West Bengal Joint Entrance Board (WBJEEB) has decided to conduct the engineering entrance examination on February 2, following a communication from the state government to advance the test. The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE) was earlier scheduled to be held on April 19, 2020. The board has sent the proposal to the state education ministry for approval.
Earlier, Education Minister Partha Chatterjee proposed to advance the entrance exam at a meeting with stakeholders on August 20. Highlighting the apathetic conditions of engineering colleges in the state, which starts its current session with half of the students who enrolled, Partha Chatterjee said, “The board needs to conduct the WBJEE earlier so that the results can be declared earlier than other states and national-level entrance exams.”
In the current academic year, around 60 per cent seats in state’s engineering colleges went vacant. According to the registrar office, around 10,525 students took admission in engineering courses this year after three phases of the counselling process, which closed on July 20.
In the Jadavpur University, over 20 per cent of the engineering seats went vacant after the closure of the admission process on August 6. According to official data, out of the 1,273 seats offered by the varsity, 261 seats are not filled.
The WBJEEB chairman, Malayendu Saha said, “After receiving communication from the government, we are planning to conduct the examination in February, much before the board examinations on March 12, 2019.”
“The board has proposed to conduct the examinations on February 2, the first Sunday of this month,” the chairman told indianexpress.com.
