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IssueStarter topicWB (IN): India (Country) › West Bengal (State)Department: School Education Department · WB govt

Who is accountable

From the officers who run it up to the minister and the head of government. Names from the Government's official lists.

  1. School Education Department
  2. Head of the department: its Principal Secretary or Secretary in West Bengal (titles differ by State).
  3. Chief Secretary, West BengalShri Manoj Kumar Agarwalcs-westbengal@nic.in
  4. Minister: the West Bengal minister who holds this department.
  5. Chief Minister, West BengalShri Suvendu Adhikari

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As on: Chief Secretaries as on 1 Oct 2026; Chief Ministers as on 15 Oct 2026DoPT — Chief Secretaries / Advisors to the Administrators of States and UTs (as on 01.10.2026)All India Radio News — Suvendu Adhikari takes oath as Chief Minister of West Bengal (9 May 2026)

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In April 2025 the Supreme Court upheld the cancellation of about 25,000 school jobs from the 2016 recruitment because of irregularities.

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  • What should the State government and local bodies do first?
  • What can citizens do, and how do we hold the responsible department to account?

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