(Representative image: Shutterstock)Colleges, universities and private educational institutions will remain closed till July 31, the Bengal government announced on Tuesday. “On May 30, the government had announced that all colleges, universities and private educational institutions will remain closed till June 30. In continuation of that order it has now been decided that closure will be extended till July 31,” education minister Partha Chatterjee told Metro on Tuesday afternoon. Another VC said the HRD ministry had already announced that campuses would remain closed till August 15. “It is better to keep campuses shut as long as possible till the situation on the ground improves.”

Source: The Telegraph June 23, 2020 21:22 UTC