West Bengal has witnessed a sharp decline, of 1.7 lakh, in the number of students seeking admission to undergraduate courses in colleges either run or aided by the State government.
On July 30, the last date for submitting applications to various undergraduate courses, West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu announced that as many 3,59,114 students had registered on the State’s centralised portal, with 4,311 of them being residents of other States. The first merit list, he said, would be published on the portal on August 7.
