The remaining are under a clutch of varsities, including Burdwan University, North Bengal University, Vidyasagar University and Sidho Kanho Birsa University. In Bengal, BEd and MEd courses are offered by 242 colleges and nine universities, respectively. Officials in BEd and MEd colleges across the state, where the admission process began earlier this month, said they had been admitting OBC students in the general category. The OBC quota is split into two categories - A (10 per cent) and B (7 per cent). The institutions are supposed to prepare separate merit lists for SC, ST, OBC and general category students after the selection process.

Source: The Telegraph June 19, 2016 21:00 UTC