# Bengal school district review meetings move online after austerity order 2026-08-10T19:50:58+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet West Bengal's School Education Department has shifted district inspectors' review meetings fully online, dropping the hybrid format, after a May 21 austerity directive following the Prime Minister's expenditure-reduction appeal and a Chief Secretary's order. The meetings, set for May 28 and 29, will run on Google Meet and cover school reopening after summer vacation, 'Vande Mataram' singing, textbook distribution, teacher rationalisation, pension cases, compassionate appointments, and the 100-point roster system. The first session on May 28 covers districts including Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, Darjeeling, and Malda. The May 29 session includes Nadia, Bankura, Birbhum, Kolkata, and others. The department instructed inspectors to use circulated links and QR codes for attendance, as part of wider fuel-saving measures. ## Coverage - millenniumpost.in Tags: austerity measures, district inspectors, school reopening, video conferencing, West Bengal education Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/bengal-school-district-review-meetings-move-online-after-austerity-order/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/bengal-school-district-review-meetings-move-online-after-austerity-order/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.