Education
Major reshuffle in WB Primary Education Council new chairpersons appointed across 19 districts
A reshuffle has taken place within the administrative structure of West Bengal primary education. The School Education Department has appointed new chairpersons for the District Primary School Councils (DPSCs) across 19 districts in the state. This was announced in a government notification issued on last Monday. The appointments come into immediate effect. The newly appointed chairpersons will take over charge from the current chairpersons-in-charge of the respective councils and will remain in their positions until further notice.
This appointment is considered significant for streamlining the administrative operations of the primary education system and invigorating the activities of the relevant councils. School Education Minister Dipak Barman has extended his best wishes to the newly appointed chairman, expressing hope that under their leadership, the development of primary education in the state will be further accelerated.
In the list of new appointments, Uday Bandyopadhyay has been named Chairman of the Kolkata District Primary School Council. Asit Bera has been assigned responsibility for Howrah, Madhusudan Bag for Hooghly, Mohan Kundu for North 24 Parganas, and Amit Raychaudhuri for South 24 Parganas.
Additionally, Dilip Pal in Alipurduar, Bamanpada Bandyopadhyay in Bankura, Someshwar Boral in Birbhum, Sadhan Kumar Pal in Cooch Behar, Durgesh Chandra Debnath in Dakshin Dinajpur, Dhiraj Mohan Ghosh in Jalpaiguri, and Asim Kumar Pal in Jhargram have been appointed as chairpersons.
Biswajit Biswas in Nadia, Kaushik Sarkar in Paschim Bardhaman, and Thakurdas Adhikari in Paschim Medinipur have been assigned new responsibilities. The notification also mentions appointments for the remaining districts.
Attention will now turn to how the administrative operations of the District Primary School Councils proceed following the handover of responsibilities to the new chairpersons. The role of these newly appointed officials will be crucial in improving the quality of primary education, ensuring administrative coordination, and maintaining the continuity of education-related services.