Basanti Devi College Fees Structure & Courses 2025, Kolkata

To be eligible, candidates are required to have a minimum of 50% marks in any undergraduate course he/ she pursued. Secondly, the college will conduct an entrance exam for enrolling students in the Master's Degree Program. The candidate needs to get cut off marks that is set by the college and pay the requisite amount for candidates to pursue their opted course.Read Full Review

Some people from West Bengal might know Basanti Devi College as an academically strong college, but the truth cannot be far from it. When we were in the first year of our Hons degree, five professors taught us different streams of mathematics. But among these five teachers, three of them were part-timers. So, in reality, there were two actual professors in our department. Now, these teachers were tremendously callous. The permanent professors mostly skipped classes. The condition became worse that we started skipping classes after half a year. Even though I cannot remember everything clearly, I don’t think any teacher ever gave us any extra test or assignment. Apart from the regular college mid-terms and pre-tests, we never did any assignment or surprise tests for honing our mathematical abilities. Now, you must be wondering despite having such a bad academic support from my college, how did I pass out with Maths Hons. The answer is Tuitions. In Kolkata, many coaching centers offer you tuitions in different subjects. More than 90% of students studying at Calcutta University depend entirely on the coaching centers for passing their exams. I was one of those thousands of students. Basanti Devi College had nothing to do with my results. I got 55.375% in Maths Hons. You might be thinking that it is a horrible graduate percentage, but trust me, at the time, Calcutta University used to mark students awfully. Also, our syllabus was archaic.Read Full Review