Dr. Syeda Shariqatul Moula Alquadri
M.A. (C.U.), Ph.D. (C.U.)
Principal, Government Girls' General Degree College
Education has been considered as a key instrument for social change and progression. The present decade is marked by an increasing awareness of the necessity of women's empowerment, for it plays an important role in the development of a country. Higher education for women has become a policy agenda for many developing nations including India.
Government Girls’ General Degree College is the fourth Government college for girls in Kolkata. Due to its proximity to National Library, Calcutta University Alipur Campus, and other major locations of southern Kolkata, the college is favourably accessible to a large section of students interested in higher education. The establishment of this college marks a positive and progressive initiative towards facilitating higher education for women in West Bengal. Incidentally, the college was established after a decade long pressing demand for a Women’s college in the locality...
As per letter Ref. No. C/127/332-Affl dated 19.03.2024, the college is aided and permanently affiliated to University of Calcutta, Kolkata. The college has been included in the list of colleges prepared under Section 2 (f) of the UGC Act, 1956 under the head ‘Government Colleges teaching upto Bachelor’s Degree’ as per letter no. F. No. 8-22/2018(CPP-I/C) dated 6th February, 2018.
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