The Bengal education department has mandated that a government college teacher will be eligible for promotion only if the person has registered at least 70% attendance in classes and has completed a PhD. The new career advancement scheme, tied to class attendance and the completion of a PhD, was unveiled on December 31. The new promotion regulations will ensure that teachers attend at least 70% of the classes in a semester,” Sarkar said. An education department official said the new promotion rules were likely to be extended to government-aided colleges at a later stage. “Promotions were never so explicitly linked to the number of classes a teacher attended,” the education department official said.

Source: The Telegraph January 14, 2026 01:46 UTC