West Bengal Govt. Announces ‘Students Internship Programme 2022 for Graduates: Check Details Here

New Delhi: The West Bengal Government, in association with the Higher Education Department, has announced a ‘Students Internship Programme 2022’ for the graduates. Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee has made the announcement.

Students Internship Programme 2022: Overview

The scheme aims to provide internship opportunities to 6000 graduate students. Here are a few highlights of the internship scheme:

- To apply for the internship, the students have to graduate with 60% marks in their final year (degree or diploma programme)

-They have to the resident of the state and below 40 years old

-The students can be from ITI or Polytechnic Institutes in the state as well

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-Existing students can apply for the internship as well, provided they have to obtain a ‘no-objection-certificate’ from their respective institutes

-As per the internship, students will receive the opportunity to work for the West Bengal Government, familiarise themselves with multiple governmental schemes and policies

-Students can apply online and they will be selected through a selection committee supervised by the Chief Secretary

-As per remuneration, the interns will receive Rs. 5000/ per month

-The selected students will be working in different state Government offices or district-level offices depending on their location

-Upon successfully completing the internship, a certificate will be provided to the interns

Those students who will miss the chance in a particular year, their names will be retained and will be kept for selection in the next year.

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On the other hand, the Union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman presented India’s Union Budget 2022-23 in the parliament on February 1, 2022. She allocated Rs. 1,04,277 crores for the Education Ministry for the first time.

During the Union Budget Speech, the Finance Minister also proposed to set up a digital university to provide education that would be built on a hub and spoke model.

She has explained that the 1-Class-1-TV channel will be implemented to offer basic supplementary education to children to make up for the loss of formal education during the COVID 19 pandemic.

Further, the Finance Minister discussed the significance of women empowerment and announced that three schemes were launched to boost integrated development for both women and children.

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