KOLKATA: Autonomous higher educational institute St Xavier’s College has decided to continue with its own entrance process for undergraduate courses and not adopt the state government’s centralised admission system. Following a meeting among education minister Bratya Basu and vice-chancellors of state and aided universities on Thursday, the education department decided to start centralised counselling for undergraduate candidates at state-run colleges and universities from the new academic session.
Jadavpur University and Rabindra Bharati University’s fine arts and visual arts departments have been kept out of the ambit of the centralised admission. Other unitary universities, like Presidency University, have been given time to decide whether they want to adopt it or follow their own entrance process. Almost all other government and government-aided colleges will have to follow the centralised admission system, which will be conducted by the West Bengal State Council of Higher Education through a single portal.
