The official holiday list of 2024 has been published.  The Department of Finance (Audit) has released the list of holidays.  The finance department has published the holiday list by preparing three lists.  NI Act, State Government and Sectional Holidays these three lists have been published by the Finance Department (Audit).  This holiday list will be effective in all the offices under the state government. There are a total of 48 holidays in the 2024 holiday list.  Among them there are 22 national holidays under the NI Act.  The list also includes 24 other holidays and sectional holidays declared by the state government.

  As the central government sets the standards for colleges and universities, this time the state government is also going to introduce the same ranking system for various schools.  The higher secondary education council will determine the rank of higher secondary level schools, the education department said in a notification on Wednesday. There will be separate ranking for government schools, government aided schools and government maintained schools.  Chiranjeev Bhattacharya, president of Higher Secondary Education Council, believes that this ranking system will be launched from the academic year 2024-2025. Chiranjeev said, "The rank will be determined through various indicators such as the quality of school studies, secondary and higher secondary results, class results, steps taken to improve the quality of school students outside of studies."  An official of the Higher Secondary Education Council said that a committee has been formed to determine how this ranking system

  Regarding State Achievement Survey (SAS), 2023 This year the State Achievement Survey 2023 will be conducted on 25th November 2023.The SAS shall aim to help the School Education Department in objectively understanding the achievement level of the students against the laid down learning outcome indicators. The objectives of the survey are to: Conduct assessment test of students in Classes III, V, VIII and X in selected schools.  Analyse the performance of participating students and assess achievement level. Design and develop remedial actions to achieve further improvement. Class wise Subjects covered under SAS 2023 Sl. No. Class  Subject  Total Score  Time  1 III 1st language, Mathematics,EVS 30 1.30 Hours  2 V 1st language, Mathematics,EVS 30 1.30 Hours  3 VIII 1st language, Mathematics, Science, Social Science  40 2 Hours  4 X 1st language, English ,Mathematics, Science, Social Science  50 2 Hours  Salient Features of SAS 2023 Each district will constitute a team comprising the Cha

  Paschim Banga Samagra Shiksha Mission Memo No. 179 (22)/Ped/PBSSM.                            Date: 3/10/2023 To The District Education Officer, SSM. 1-22) Alipurduar / Bankura / Birbhum / Coochbehar / Dakshin Dinajpur / Hooghly Howrah / Jalpaiguri Jhargram / Kolkata / Malda / Murshidabad / Nadia / North 24 Parganas / Paschim Bardhaman / Paschim Medinipur / Purba Barddhaman / Purba Medinipur / Purulia / Siliguri/ South 24 Parganas / Uttar Dinajpur Sub: Two Days - Capacity building workshop on use of Bihan, the teachers' guide book and Learning Materials for Pre-Primary Teachers' under Samagra Shiksha, 2023-24 Madam/Sir, A series of webinar workshop to clarify "How to use BIHAN, the teachers' guide book and Teaching Learning Materials in Pre-Primary class of primary schools" with participation of 22 districts have already been completed. Now you are requested to disseminate the methodology to all primary schools, taking 2 teachers each from all schools including

  UDISE+ 2023-24 Login Details for different Users in UDISE Plus 2023-2024 Portal Udise plus application is now available for the year 2023-2024. URLs are as below: http://schoolinfo.banglarshiksha.gov.in For all Users, default Password is :  @School#2024@ ( Recommended to change default password after 1 st successful Logged in ) For School HOI        Default User Id and Password is as below: User Id : School Code + 33( total 13 digits ) Password :  @School#2024@ ( e.g. School Code : 19070206202 + 33  then User Id = 1907020620233 ) For Block MIS        Default User Id and Password is as below: User Id : Block Code + 06 Password :  @School#2024@ ( e.g. Block Code : 191101+ 06  then User Id =19110106 ) For Circle MIS     Default User Id and Password is as below: User Id : Circle Code + 09 Password :  @School#2024@ ( e.g. Circle Code: 190109+ 09  then User Id =19010909 ) Guidelines for executing UDISE+ for the academic year 2023-24 UDISE+ 2023-24 has three sections  (I) School In

  10C Section regarding teachers' transfer (Supreme court order) Relief of teachers transferred away in teacher transfer case in Supreme Court.  The court said that before the implementation of Section 10-C of the Teacher Recruitment Act in the state, those employed are not covered by transfer.  During the hearing of this transfer case on Monday, the court asked the state why the working teachers were transferred 200 km away (Kolkata to Murshidabad)?  The court observed, 'There are many women in this profession.  So this is how we are thinking about the transfer. The Supreme Court said as an interim order during the hearing , that the teachers who have been transferred to neighbouring areas can continue teaching.  Rest of those transferred away can wait for further instructions.  However, those who have joined the job after the introduction of Section 10-C, are not getting any relief for now.  The state has been directed to submit an affidavit within the next 4 weeks regarding