Government to provide internships for students

The Chief Minister of Bengal, Mamata Banerjee during her visit to North Bengal has announced internships for students in various government departments. Banerjee at an administrative meeting at Uttar Kanya said, “The government plans to give opportunities to students to intern in various departments. This will help them learn how the departments function. It will add value to their CV if they work for a year or two”. She added, “Several other state governments have allowed students to intern with them. It will be done by offering interested candidates a chance to work with the state government as interns. This will be good for the students as they will get certificates at the end of the internship programme. We will start this with university students”. Mamata was attending a program at North Bengal University (NBU) and was interacting with the students while she made this announcement. She instructed the Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha to complete the necessary formalities to launch this internship program as soon as possible. Students of NBU started cheering and clapping after this announcement was made by the chief minister. Sources believe that Banerjee visited North Bengal in order to connect with youths residing there. Banerjee also promised the students about more hostels for women on the campus, more funds for infrastructure augmentation and sanctioning a post of pro-vice-chancellor.