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Literacy rate of SCs below state average: Bihar deputy CM
Patna: Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Sunday said that the literacy rate among the scheduled caste (SC) in the state is far below the national average, requiring special drive and creation of special opportunities for them in the education sector. Modi said the state’s average literacy rate has gone up to 60%, but the [...]
Chancellor sends panel to Bihar government
Patna: Taking the process of appointment of new vice-chancellors and pro-vice chancellors in different universities of the state a step forward, governor cum chancellor Devanand Konwar on Monday submitted to the state government a panel of names for the latter’s opinion. Once the government gives its opinion, supposedly within a month, the chancellor will select [...]
Federation of University Teacher’s Associations of Bihar unhappy with ad hocism in state varsities
Patna: Expressing their concern over the sluggish growth of higher education in Bihar, the academics have urged the powers that be not to carry forward some of the crude legacies of yester years if they really want to revitalize the system of higher education. The year that has just passed witnessed some serious controversies over [...]
Primary schools closed for 3 days
“Primary wings of all schools will be closed from Monday in Patna district while for higher sections the timings will be from 9am to 2pm for the next three days,” said Patna DM Sanjay Kumar Singh. However, some schools like Notre Dame Academy and Loyola High School will have the usual timings on Monday and timings will be [...]
Inspired by Kalam, MSL popularising science in rural Bihar
Inspired by former President A P J Abdul Kalam, an NGO is imparting science classes to children in rural north Bihar through innovative laboratory on wheels. Run by M B Verma, former Project Director General System of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), Mobile Science Laboratory vans carrying over 100 science models move around the rural areas [...]
Kalam asks Nitish to establish mobile science Labs in Bihar villages
Darbhanga: Dwelling on importance of developing scientific outlook among youngsters, former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam on Monday suggested to the Bihar government to set up mobile science laboratories in villages and science laboratory in every district. “The value of science has to be propagated to people at large and they should be made to [...]
Indian Institute of Technology-Patna reaches a milestone
The Indian Institute of Technology-Patna (IIT-P) finally held its first-ever convocation in Patna on Sunday with former President Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam conferring degrees on 89 students. There was palpable excitement on the campus as the President of India Gold Medal was handed over to Gagandeep Singh, a passout from the computer science [...]
Bihar allocates funds for school students
Patna: The allocation of funds for bicycles,uniforms and scholarship will be made to the beneficiary students across the state from January 15 to 30 by holding camps in the schools, said education minister P K Shahi. A sum of Rs 2,800 crore will be distributed among the students, he said adding that apart from education, other departments likescheduled castes and scheduled tribe welfare, [...]
1,875 schools ‘missing’; 3,000 run under trees
A government survey report has revealed that around 1,875 government-run schools in Bihar do not exist. The report says that the government’s Global Positioning System, which were used to ascertain the physical verification of the schools to chalk out their upgradation and modernization, have failed to locate them. M I Khan reports. “Going by the report, most [...]
B R Ambedkar Bihar University registrar fined Rs 25K
Patna: The Patna High Court on Wednesday ordered Muzaffarpur-headquartered B R Ambedkar Bihar University (BRABU) registrar to pay Rs 25,000 for not complying with the court order to apprise it whether or not the university was running a postgraduate engineering course known as MSc in engineering. The order was passed by a single bench presided [...]
Governor asks VCs to function till further order
Patna: Six vice-chancellors and four pro-VCs, whose appointments were cancelled by Patna High Court recently, were Monday ordered to function on the position as interim arrangement of the respective universities. Order to this effect was passed by Governor Devanand Kunwar through a notification issued here, Raj Bhawan sources said. In a significant order, Patna High [...]
Tribals ‘capture’ land in AMU campus
Kishanganj: Armed tribals ‘captured’ a piece of land in the proposed campus of the Aligarh Muslim University here on Sunday triggering protests. Carrying bows and arrows, a group of tribals along with BJP MLC Dilip Kumar Jayswal reached the spot and performed puja to ‘capture’ the land, official sources said. The tribals alleged that the [...]
Vimal Kumar is still VC
Muzaffarpur: Vimal Kumar, whose appointment as the vice-chancellor of BR Ambedkar Bihar University (BRABU) has been quashed by the Patna High Court, is awaiting an order from the Chancellor of universities of Bihar, Devanand Konwar, regarding his removal or continuance on his post. He told TOI on Saturday that it is up to the Chancellor to make an alternative [...]
Patna High Court quashes Vice Chancellors’ appointment made by Governor
Patna: In a setback to Bihar Governor Devanand Konwar, the Patna High Court has quashed the appointments of Vice Chancellor and Pro-Vice Chancellor made by him. The judgement was given on a writ petition stating that the Governor made unilateral appointments without consulting the state government. The court has directed the Governor to make fresh appointments [...]
Patna’s education college celebrates silver jubilee
Patna: A melange of colourful programmes depicting Bihar’s pluralism and special prayer services marked the Silver Jubilee celebrations of St. Xavier’s College of Education (SXCE), Patna, on Monday. Archbishop of Patna William D’Souza, who graced the occasion as the chief guest, said, “SXCE produces competent, efficient and trained teachers for Bihar and the country”. The Xaverians put [...]
Bihar School Examination Board fetes 37 Class X, XII toppers
Patna: Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB )on Monday felicitated the toppers of matriculation and intermediate of 2012, on the occasion of the birthday of first President of India, Dr Rajendra Prasad. While the students who got first rank in the respective classes were given Rs 15,000 each, others were given Rs 10,000 each. The first rankers were [...]
British Council aims to improve English in all Bihar schools
Patna: British Council has started working with the department of education, government of Bihar on a teacher education project which aims to improve the teaching of English at secondary level in all government schools in Bihar. The project, Bihar Language Initiative for Secondary Schools, (BLISS) funded by the Department for International Development of the UK (DFID) was initiated in [...]
3493 posts of college teachers vacant in Bihar
Patna: The state government on Friday admitted that altogether 3,493 posts of teachers in 250 constituent colleges of Bihar are lying vacant. Replying to a question of Basudeo Singh(CPM), state education minister P K Shahi said during the pre-lunch session of the Bihar legislative council that the committee set up by the chancellor’s office for rationalizing the posts of teachers [...]
Bihar teacher commits suicide over no salary
A contractual teacher in Bihar’s Kishanganj district committed suicide Friday after being depressed over non-payment of his salary for five months, police said. Ashok Ram, who worked for a government-run middle school, was found hanging in his rented house. According to his neighbours, Ram was frustrated over non-payment of his salary. The Bihar Secondary School [...]
Exclusive: Super 30 founder Abhayanand speaks his mind and heart
Patna: In an exclusive talk with Bhaskar News, Bihar Director General of Police (DGP) Abhayanand described his ambitions for the society. Abhayanand said his day is not complete unless he teaches for some time. The DGP further said that around 12 years ago, he thought it was time to pay back to the society that nurtured [...]