https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=110.227.93.91Bharatpedia - User contributions [en]2026-09-01T15:40:40ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=West_Bengal_University_of_Teachers%27_Training,_Education_Planning_and_Administration&diff=278143West Bengal University of Teachers' Training, Education Planning and Administration2021-07-27T12:36:19Z<p>110.227.93.91: </p>
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{{Infobox university<br />
|image = WBUTTEPA KOLKATA LOGO.png<br />
|name = '''West Bengal University of Teachers' Training, Education Planning and Administration'''<br />
|motto = ''Excellence in Teacher Education''<br />
|established = {{Start date and age|df=yes|paren=yes|2015}}<br />
|type = [[Public university|Public]]<br />
|chancellor = {{WB governor}} {{small|([[Governor of West Bengal]])}}<br />
| budget = {{INRConvert|1.0332|c}} <small>(2021-22 est.)</small><ref>{{cite web|date=Feb 5, 2021 |title=Detailed Demands For Grants For 2021-22 |url=http://wbfin.nic.in/writereaddata/Budget_Publication/2021_bp3.pdf |access-date=Feb 6, 2021}}</ref><br />
|vice_chancellor = Professor (Dr.) Soma Bandyopadhyay<br />
|city = [[Kolkata]]<br />
|state = [[West Bengal]]<br />
|country = India<br />
|coor = {{coord|22.5302408|N|88.3559906|E|format=dms|region:IN-WB_type:edu|display=title, inline}}<br />
|campus = [[Urban area|Urban]]<br />
|affiliation = [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]]<br />
|website = {{url|https://www.wbuttepa.ac.in/}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''West Bengal University of Teachers' Training, Education Planning and Administration''' ('''WBUTTEPA''') was established by an Act of the West Bengal legislature published in the Kolkata Gazette, Extraordinary, 16 January 2015.<ref>https://www.wbuttepa.ac.in/history.php</ref> This is the first university in India set up by any State Government exclusively for training teachers.<ref>http://aitcofficial.org/aitc/the-first-university-to-train-teachers-coming-up-in-bengal/</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Bengal-to-bring-all-BEd-colleges-under-one-roof/articleshow/41812905.cms | title=Bengal to bring all BEd colleges under one roof | date=6 September 2004 | newspaper=The Times of India | accessdate=17 August 2018 }}</ref> The university was established in 2015 and Prof. Mita Banerjee became the first Vice Chancellor. It offers different teacher's training courses (B.Ed and M.Ed) at the undergraduate and postgraduate level. The courses are approved by NCTE. It has 200 teacher's training colleges affiliated to its jurisdiction and its horizon encompasses the entire state of West Bengal.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*https://www.wbuttepa.ac.in/<br />
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