A major achievement of the Council is the creation of Online Portal for introduction of new subjects/courses both at the Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels in Colleges affiliated to different Universities of the State.
One of its recent initiatives is to introduce the Centralised Admission Portal (CAP). It aims to ensure transparency, greater opportunities, capacity building and equity. CAP is looked upon as a definitive measure foreshadowing an innovative future for innumerable students in West Bengal.
Another major achievement of the Council is the implementation of the New Education Policy 2020 which emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach to education that integrates arts, humanities, sports, and vocational skills with academic subjects. The State Govt. constituted a Six-Member Expert Committee (vide No. 310-Edn (U)-EH/1U-45/ 2020 (Pt.) dated March 17, 2023 to explore the possibilities and identify the Higher Educational Institutions including Universities in the State, for implementation of new Curriculum and Credit Framework. The Committee finalized and submitted its report which was approved and later implemented in the colleges and universities of the State.
4. A Felicitation Programme of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) inclusive of Govt./Govt. Aided Colleges, State Advisor and State Level Mentors in the Process of NAAC Accreditation was arranged in the office of the WBSCHE on 8/8/2025. A number of colleges have received NAAC Accreditation during this period of which 22 have received ‘A’ Grade in the NAAC accreditation Process.
The Higher Education Department, Govt. of West Bengal has issued a Notification No. 625-Edn(U) /IU(WBSCHE)-01/19 dated 26/7/2022the wherein the WBSCHE has been entrusted with the introduction of any course in any Govt.-Aided/Govt. College and Self-Financing colleges Accordingly the West Bengal State Council of Higher Education undertook several inspection related activities pursuant to the Notification issued by the H.E. Department.
The Council has undertaken two major initiatives. Updating of Syllabi of 12 (twelve) major Science subjects at the UG level and Implementation of CBCS method of studies across all Universities & Colleges in a systematic and phased manner.
The twelve Science subjects are:
(i) Physics (ii) Chemistry (iii) Mathematics (iv) Statistics (v) Biochemistry (vi) Electronics
(vii) Geology (viii) Zoology (ix) Physiology (x) Geography (xi) Anthropology (xii) Economics.
As a result, students of State are able to learn and enjoy cross discipline subjects of their choice, which is one of the essential features of CBCS and able to connect themselves to world Student Community at large.
The WBSCHE in collaboration with the School Education Department, Govt. of West Bengal organized a series of webinars 'Ujjiban Charcha' on every Sunday for school students, teachers & parents. Altogether six such webinars involving eminent resource persons of respective fields have been conducted with nearly 25, 000 audience on average.
The Council is taking active interest in developing new principles and procedures for maintaining academic and administrative quality of HEIs taking into consideration the benchmarks set by the NIRF and latest NAAC guidelines. Additionally, the Council has prepared a data -base of university-wise non-NAAC colleges for providing all support in preparation for NAAC assessment & this will facilitate flow of new RUSA fund to these colleges.
The WBSCHE has taken initiatives to introduce NCC as an Elective Subject in UG general course of Higher Educational Institutions in West Bengal.
The WBSCHE has played an active role in the recommendation and establishment of self-financing colleges and universities in the state.
The WBSCHE has been very active in collecting data from HEIs and upgrading them overtime. Data under the following heads were collected from Colleges and Universities:
The WBSCHE in collaboration with Elsevier organized a Two days' Workshop to promote Research Excellence in Academics across higher educational institutions of West Bengal. The research workflow was broadly divided into two parts :(i) Research Planning, Research Metrics and Identifying Journals and (ii) Research Execution, Emerging Technologies and Elsevier Strengths in research on these technologies. The programme received a huge response from the participants. It had 2699 registrations out of which:
The two months trial of Freedom collection is also active for all state universities across West Bengal.