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Darjeeling: A four-member committee has been constituted to look into the various issues pertaining to filling up of vacancies in colleges with existing guest faculty stated Education minister Partha Chatterjee. The minister convened a meeting with representatives of different colleges and universities of North Bengal at Uttar Kanya, the branch secretariat located near Siliguri. Later talking to the media Chatterjee stated that the state government is in the process of filling up vacancies in colleges with existing guest faculty. The minister also added that the representatives of different colleges and universities of North Bengal were asked to voice their problems in the meeting. The minister further stated that there are 73 colleges, 8 government colleges and an engineering college in North Bengal..