Inform students about attendance norms during admission,

West Bengal government Tuesday asked vice-chancellors of various universities of the state to properly inform students about the minimum attendance needed under Choice Based Credit System for appearing for semester examinations.

"I have asked the VCs to ensure that the students (of universities and affiliated colleges) are alerted in no uncertain terms that attendance is essential from the day of admission," Education minister Partha Chatterjee said.

He was briefing reporters on deliberations at a meeting attended by VCs and registrars of state-run universities.

Referring to the agitation by a section of students over the issue in some colleges recently, Chatterjee said the agitators had claimed about not being properly intimated about the attendance requirement by their institute beforehand.

Asked if the VCs were asked to lower the minimum number of attendance from 60 per cent, Chatterjee said, "No way. The minimum attendance figure will not be decreased."
He recalled that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had in January 2016 called for filling up posts of universities in six months, "but only 20-30 per cent recruitments have been completed in different institutions till this date."
To this, Chatterjee said, "We have asked them to form a cell and coordinate with the department concerned to iron out the glitches."