Here you can learn about West Bengal School Admission 2023 process for pre-primary classes in all government / sponsored / aided schools. All details about West Bengal School Admission 2023-24 are provided here. Parents are requested to read each detail carefully in order to understand the complete process of primary school admission process in government schools of West Bengal state.
West Bengal School Admission 2023
The following methodology shall be followed for west bengal govt school admission of children in elementary classes including Pre-Primary Class in all Government / Government Sponsored / Aided Primary / Upper Primary / High / Higher Secondary schools including SSKs / MSKs for the academic session 2023.
As per provision of the RTE Act, 2009, no child or his / her parents or guardian will be subjected to any kind of screening procedure. All children from 6-14 years shall be admitted to their age appropriate classes in neighborhood schools and elementary education including pre-primary education shall be provided to them free of cost.
It has been decided that admission in elementary classes including pre-primary class shall be done through draw of lots if number of candidates seeking admission to a class is more than the number of seats available for admission.
Mode of conducting draw of lots shall be as follows:
- At first a general draw of lots from amongst all applicants praying for admission irrespective of category [viz. SC/ST/OBC (A)/OBC(B) etc.] is to be done to select the unreserved candidates.
- Thereafter a series of draw of lots from the left over applications are to be arranged category-wise to fill up the reserved seats.
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WB School Admission 2023 Reservation
Category-wise per6entages of reserved seats are as below:
- Scheduled Caste-22%
- Scheduled Tribe-6%,
- OBC (A)-10%,
- OBC (B)-7%
- Children with Special Need -3%.
It may be mentioned here in this connection that if seats reserved for SC remain unfilled by SC candidates they may be filled by ST candidates and vice versa. However, after completion of the aforesaid exercise if more seats are available which could not be filled up due to non-availability of SC/ST candidate they should be taken in the unreserved pool.
Moreover seats meant of OBC(A) and OBC(B) candidates, if could not be filled up due to nonavailability of OBC(A) and OBC(B) candidates, will also be taken in the unreserved pool. Such unreserved seats shall be filled by candidates as per norms.
West Bengal Govt School Admission 2023 Age Limit
Children seeking admission for pre-primary class shall be 5 years of age or above and below 6 years as on 01.01.2023. All children of the age of 6-14 years hall be admitted to their age appropriate classes.
Children who have completed any class at a lesser age as per prevalent rule in force at the material point of time in any school may be allowed to proceed to the next class.
The west bengal school admission limit of appropriate classes would be as follows (Age will be calculated as on 01.01.2023)
| Class | Age |
|---|---|
| Class 1 | 06 – 07 years |
| Class 2 | 07 – 08 years |
| Class 3 | 08 – 09 years |
| Class 4 | 09 – 10 years |
| Class 5 | 10 – 11 years |
| Class 6 | 11 – 12 years |
| Class 7 | 12 – 13 years |
| Class 8 | 13 – 14 years |
In appropriate cases for calculation of age for admission of under aged children, relaxation by four months maybe given by the Head of Institutions depending on the merit of the case.
West Bengal School Admission 2023 Notification View Download
West Bengal School Admission 2023 Process
The District Education Officers, SSM, would facilitate admission of out of school children in schools and all schools should co-operate. Any school which wishes to increase the number of seats may send proposal to the Commissioner of School Education through concerned District Inspector of Schools (Primary/Secondary).
In case a primary school and Upper Primary / High / Higher Secondary Schools running in the same building / premises, class-IV / V students of Primary School shall automatically be admitted to class VI VI of the Upper Primary/High/Higher Secondary School as the case may be. No draw of lots is required to be done in case of admission of such children. After admission of all such interested candidates in Class-VI VI the rest seats shall be filled up through the process of draw of lots.
If, however, any parent/guardian fails to get his/her ward admitted to any school through the process of draw of lots, he/she may apply to the District Inspector of Schools (PE)/District Inspector of Schools (SE) as the case may be for West Bengal School Admission 2023 of his/her ward in neighbourhood school. District Inspector of Schools (PE) /District Inspector of Schools (SE) will arrange for admission of such children in a neighbourhood school through concerned Sub- Inspector of Schools.
