Department of School Education (West Bengal)

Department of School and Higher Education is the department of school education including primary and secondary schools in the state of West Bengal, India. This is the main authority to implement the educational policy of the Government of West Bengal.^[3]

Department of School and Higher Education

Department overview
Jurisdiction	Government of West Bengal
Headquarters	Bikash Bhavan, 5th Floor, Salt Lake, Kolkata -700091
Annual budget	₹32,493 crore (US$3.8 billion)[1]
Minister responsible	Sri Bratya Basu, Minister in Charge
Deputy Minister responsible	Sri Satyajit Barman, Minister of State
Department executive	Binod Kumar, I.A.S,[2], Principal Secretary
Website	banglarshiksha.wb.gov.in

Activities

The department is the nodal body which look after various aspects of school level educations for the state having specific tasks like text book selection, formation of board and councils (West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education), inspection, recruitment of teachers (Government)/ education staff, execution of projects, language policy and schemes, preparation of teaching, training, research etc. There are also have the regular budgeting, audit programs, recognition, up-gradation of schools and legal matters.^[4]

Ministers

At present the Minister-in-Charge of this Department is Mr. Bratya Basu.^[5]

Portrait	Name	Entered Office	Left Office
	Kanti Biswas	1996	2006
	Partha De	2006	2011
	Bratya Basu	20 May 2011	20 May 2014
	Partha Chatterjee	20 May 2014	10 May 2021
	Bratya Basu	10 May 2021	present

External links

• Board of School Education, West Bengal official website
• Council of Higher Secondary Education, West Bengal official website
• Department of School Education West Bengal [Banglar Shiksha] official website