Addressing the media in a press conference, the West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee told to the reporters about setting up four new universities in the state. The four new Universities would run by the state and would be set up in Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar, South Dinajpur and Murshidbad districts, he said.
At the meeting it was further decided that the Chief Minister of the state Mamta Banerjee would lay the foundation stone of the proposed Mahatma Gandhi University in East Midnapore district on Gandhi Jayanti this year, West Bengal Education minister Partha Chatterjee. Further, he said, with the setting up of five universities, the number in the state would reach 28.
Earlier, in the month of May, the Minister at the Convocation at the Kazi Nazrul University addressed the student about the objective of his government towards higher education, in which he said “the state will set up two- three colleges and one university in each district”. He further added, more Bangladeshi students would be enrolled in the higher educational institutions for future studies.