Master of Arts (Evening Course)

Courses of three years duration leading to the Master of Arts degree in Bengali, Economics, English, History, Philosophy or Sanskrit. The evening courses are primarily intended for those in actual employment in schools. Others may be admitted if seats are available.

Conditions of Eligibility

For Bengali and English:

For teachers serving in Secondary/Higher Secondary Institutions recognized by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education or West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education or equivalent Boards/Councils: At least 3 year B.A. Pass degree with the subject to be studied as one of the subjects carrying a minimum of 300 marks.

For all others: Honours degree in the subject or in Comparative Literature.

For History and Philosophy:

For teachers serving in Secondary/Higher Secondary Institutions recognized by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education or West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education or equivalent Boards/Councils: At least 3 year B.A. Pass degree with the subject to be studied as one of the subjects carrying a minimum of 300 marks.

For all others: Honours degree in the sobject
.
For Economics:

For teachers serving in Secondary/Higher Secondary Institutions recognized by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education./ West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education or equivalent Boards/Councils: At least 3 year B.A. / B.Sc. Pass degree with Economics as one of the subjects carrying minimum 300 marks and Mathematics as another subject.

For all others: Honours degree in Economics with Mathematics or Statistics as a subsidiary subject.

For Sanskrit:

a)Honours degree in Sanskrit; or 3-year B.A. Pass degree with Sanskrit as one of the subjects carrying minimum 300 marks; or the Shastri qualification of the Oriental Course

Or

b) Honours Degree in Bengali/Comparative Literature/Philosophy with Sanskrit as a subject at the B.A. or Higher Secondary level

Or

c) at least 2-year B.A. Pass degree plus Pass in Tirtha or in the Sanskrit Bridge Course.

N.B.: For all subjects, candidates who have passed the Correspondence Course, Distance Education Course etc of a recognized university will have to pass a qualifying test to be considered for admission.

Selection Procedure:

For Bengali:

Selection will be on the basis of a written test. Preference will be given to teachers and librarian candidates.

For Economics, English, History and Philosophy:

1. Teacher candidates with Honours in the subject (or Comparative Literature in the case of English) and serving in Secondary / Higher Secondary Institutions recognized by the WBBSE/WBCHSE or equivalent Board/Council, as well as librarian candidates, will be given first priority. They will be admitted on the basis of their Honours marks in the relevant subject. Applicants for a~mission to the English (Evening) course with B.A. in Comparative Literature will be required to sit for a written admission test, and admitted on the basis of equal weightage to marks secured in (a) their Honours papers and (b) the written test.

2. If vacancies exist after admitting all eligible candidates under category 1 above, eligible teacher/librarian candidates with 3-year Pass Degree will be admitted next, in order of merit, on the basis of the marks secured in the relevant subject in the Pass degree examination.

3. If vacancies exist after admitting all eligible candidates under categories 1 and 2 above, other eligible candidates with Honours degrees who are not in employment will be admitted, in order of merit, on the basis of their Honours marks in the relevant subject. Applicants for admission to the English (Evening) course with B.A. in Comparative Literature will be required to sit for a written admission test, and admitted on the basis of equal weightage to marks in the B.A. Honours papers and written test, as for category 1 above.

For Sanskrit:

Candidates will be admitted in order of merit on the basis of the marks obtained in Sanskrit at the undergraduate level.

Other Information for admission to the Master of Arts (Evening Course):

1. After two consecutive years of admission, every third year will be a 'gap year' when no admissions will be conducted.

2. If the number of suitable candidates for admission is less than 15 in a particular course (10 in the case of Sanskrit), the course will not be conducted in that particular year.

3. Admissions under reserved categories as for the M.A. Day Courses.

4. Where applicabJe, a No-objection Certificate must be submitted
from the present employer (by an authorized official competent
to issue such certificates) mentioning the candidate's present designation, date of appointment, present salary and scale of pay.

5. Candidates are required to bring the following at the time of admission:

a) 5 copies of a recent passport size photograph
b) all original mark sheets and certificates
c) the admit card or certificate of Madhyamik or equivalent examination (for age verification)
d) a fee book obtainable from the University Information Office
e) discontinuity certificate, where applicable.
f) character certificate from the head of the institution last attended

6. At the time of interview, candidates are to produce the original marksheets of all examinations passed, the admit card of the school-leaving examination (for age verification).

7. Lists of provisionally selected and waitlisted candidates, as well as instructions for the admission process, will be posted on the notice board. No separate intimation will be sent to candidates.