Educations In Bihar
BPSC 48th-52nd Common Combined (Main) Competitive Examination Result Out
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Bihari Youth To Develop Course Curriculum For US Varsities
A linguist, M J Warsi, currently teaching in the department of Asian and Eastern Languages and Literatures, Washington University, has been assigned to develop course curriculum of South Asian languages, particularly Hindi and Urdu for US universities.
Warsi hailing from Kusheshwar Sthan village in Darbhanga district has been given a grant of US $ 25000 to develop course curriculum funded by a grant from the US department of education's International Education and Graduate Programme Service.
"The project would be completed latest by August this year. The course design would be based on communicative method which is very modern and scientific way of teaching languages and linguistic courses," he told TOI from Washington.
"I belong to a place in Bihar, where there in no electricity, road and safe drinking water. Being a proud Bihari, I am fortunate to get important assignment to design course curriculum for the best universities of US," he said.
Source: Times Of India Bihari Youth To Develop Course Curriculum For US Varsities
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Posted on Tue Feb 09, 2010 at 10:06:46 PM EST
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AMU's Special Centre In Bihar On Fast Track
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IIT Nursery In Bihar To Grow Into Super 60
 Meritorious but poor students aspiring for admission to the IITs can take heart.The Super 30 programme, which makes the IIT entrance a cakewalk for 30 poor students from Bihar every year, will soon turn into ` Super 60' -- it will increase its intake from the current year and admit students from other states as well.
Programme founder and mathematician Anand Kumar promised as much to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday, when the two met in New Delhi.
" I want to expand my programme to include more than 100 students. But the problem is in finding talented Class X students from the poor and downtrodden sections," Kumar said. 
Unlike other institutes, Super 30 gives 11- months coaching only to students from the impoverished sections of society, free of cost.
They are also provided accommodation with food.
Kumar runs the programme without financial support from the government or any private agency.
Since it was started in 2003, 186 Bihar students made it to various IITs under Super 30.
To resolve the problem of getting intelligent Class X students, Kumar proposes to start a school for the poor -- so that the talented get the " right impetus" at an early age.
Source: Mail Today By Ashish Sinha IIT nursery in Bihar to grow into Super 60
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Posted on Thu Feb 04, 2010 at 02:27:53 AM EST
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Chanakya National Law University (CNLU) Admissions Through CLAT
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Bihar To Upgrade 2,400 Middle Schools To High Schools
Bihar has decided to upgrade 2,400 middle schools into high schools to provide thousands of students the opportunity to complete higher education near their homes, officials said on Monday.
Sources in the Human Resource Development (HRD) department here said the state government plans to increase the number of high schools in the state this year.
At present, Bihar has 3,000 high schools compared to 80,000 primary schools and 22,000 middle schools. "The government will set up more high schools and upgrade hundreds of middle schools into high schools," an official said.
Bihar Principal Secretary (HRD) Anjani Kumar Singh has directed all district education officials to identify middle schools to upgrade them into high schools.
"Singh has asked that middle schools spread over 1.5 acres of land be identified for upgrading them into high schools," the official added said.
After having improved infrastructure for primary education, now the government's focus will be secondary education, Singh said.
"The government is aiming to provide a high school within a distance of five kilometers in the state," he said.
In Bihar, there are 85,000 panchayats and about 5,500 panchayats don't have a high school, forcing students to walk a distance of at least 10 km to attend high school. This has resulted in many children dropping out of school.
Source: indiaedunews.net Bihar to upgrade 2,400 middle schools to high schools
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Posted on Sun Jan 31, 2010 at 11:40:18 PM EST
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UP And Bihar India's Top Two IAS Churners
Govt figures show civil services are a major draw for youth of the two states
Uttar Pradesh may still be reigning supreme as far as recruitment to the Indian Administrative Service ( IAS) is concerned, but Bihar has emerged a not- so- surprising second, leaving civil services nurseries such as Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh far behind.
The latest personnel ministry figures for 4,443 IAS officers show that while 671 ( 15 per cent) of them are domiciled in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar contributes 419 ( 9.4 per cent) officers to the service.
Most of these bureaucrats are working outside their home states, and that is expected under the recruitment rules of the IAS, an all- India service.
Although the figures include names of state service officers promoted to the IAS towards the end of their tenure, the data convincingly shows that bureaucracy continues to be a major draw for the youth from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The total number of IAS officers in the country is more than 5,500.
Tamil Nadu ranks third with 290 officers, 129 less than Bihar, while Andhra Pradesh occupies the fourth slot with 269, followed by Delhi ( 233), Rajasthan ( 233), Punjab ( 228), Maharashtra ( 222), Haryana ( 158) and Madhya Pradesh ( 152).
Source: Mail Today By Ashish Sinha UP and Bihar India's top two IAS churners
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Educations In Bihar
Posted on Sun Jan 31, 2010 at 10:55:24 PM EST
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State against Common +2 Syllabus
The Council of Boards of School Education in India (COBSE)'s proposed move for a common syllabus across the country for Plus-II students
has not found favour with Bihar human resource department (HRD) and Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) which conducts the Plus-II examinations in the state.
State HRD principal secretary Anjani Kumar Singh on Wednesday said the government will give its opinion when officially asked for it. But he was of the view that social science subjects should not be common across the country. "Subjects like science and maths could be common but not subjects like history," Singh said and added there should be scope for incorporating state-specific chapters in the history syllabus.
Expressing similar views, BSEB chairman A K P Yadav expressed dismay over such a proposal. At a meeting of the chairmen of state boards in October, it was agreed that any decision on syllabus should be made with the consent of all sections, he said and added most of the state boards were not in favour of common syllabus. "In social science, literature and language, state- specific chapters should be allowed," he said.
Patna Muslim High School's principal Hasan Nizami said education is a state subject and, as such, such a proposal of common syllabus should not be foisted on the states. He said different states have different cultures and customs and they should be passed on to generation after generation through education.
However, Allen R Johannes, director of a few local schools, has a different viewpoint. "A common syllabus across the country will end discrimination between students pursuing different courses under different boards," he said.
Source: Times Of India State against common +2 syllabus
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Educations In Bihar
Posted on Sat Jan 30, 2010 at 12:56:02 AM EST
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Bihar To Have Model Degree Colleges In 25 Districts
In a bid to aid students in the educationally backward districts, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, on Thursday, approved the setting up of model colleges in 374 districts in the country. Bihar and Uttar Pradesh will reap maximum benefit from the scheme.
The Central Government scheme will provide one-third of the capital costs for setting up the model degree colleges in districts where the Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) for higher education is less than the national GER (12.4%).
The government has identified 25 districts in Bihar, 41 in Uttar Pradesh, 12 in Jharkhand, 7 in Haryana and 2 in Uttarakhand where the colleges will be established.
Bihar's HRD secretary Anjani Kumar Singh said the 25 districts of Bihar where GER is less than 11 per cent has been identified. These districts are - Araria, Aurangabad, Banka, Begusarai, Champaran (East), Champaran (West), Darbhanga, Gopalganj, Jamui, Kaimur, Katihar, Khagaria, Kishanganj, Lakhisarai, Madhepura, Madhubani, Nawada, Purnia, Saharsa, Samastipur, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Siwan, Supaul and Vaishali.
The upper limit for capital assistance from the Centre has been set at Rs 2.67 crore. For Special Category States, the Centre will share 50 per cent of the capital cost but with a limit of Rs 4 crore for each college. State governments shall provide the land free of cost as well as the balance amount of the establishment cost. The recurring costs of running the college will be borne by the State governments concerned. The cost of setting up the colleges have been estimated at Rs 2,992 crore and the Centre will bear Rs 1,079 crore of this.
In the remaining period of the Eleventh Plan, assistance shall be provided for setting up 200 model colleges in the identified districts and priority will be given to special category States.
The Centre's share of funding in the remaining period of the Eleventh Plan stands at Rs 615 crore. The funds, however, will only be disbursed after a Memorandum of Understanding has been signed with the State governments concerned. Money will be disbursed through the University Grants Commission and by the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
Sources said the list include 62 districts identified by the minority affairs ministry as minority concentration districts where the population of minority group is over 20% on the basis of the 2001 census and have poor socio-economic indicators and basic amenities indicators.
The scheme envisions close to 1.87 lakh students enrolling in the 374 colleges.
Source: jai Bihar.com Bihar to have model degree colleges in 25 districts
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Educations In Bihar
Posted on Sat Jan 23, 2010 at 10:23:04 PM EST
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NCTE To Inspect B.Ed Colleges In Bihar
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Now, City To Have A New B-School
Indian School of Management (ISM) is all set to open a branch in Patna. In that context, Justice Mandhanta Singh of Patna High Court inaugurated the city office of ISM, Patna, here on Tuesday.
"In the present era, management has proved to be of great use in every field. Although there are a number of good schools till the intermediate level, Bihar requires much more for higher studies," said the judge in his inagural speech and also expressed his best wishes for the same.
Earlier, talking to mediapersons, Aman Singh, member of ISM Patna's Board of Governors, said this institution would be ready by August next year. He added that they have planned to begin with an All India Council of Technical Education-approved postgraduate diploma course (PGDM) in management as well as some short-term courses in management.
"Significantly, the PGDM courses are expected to start next August whereas the short-term management courses will soon begin at the city office here. But the PGDM course is designed for management students that we will select from CAT scores. The short-term courses, incidentally, are designed primarily for working professionals," Singh added.
Source: Times Of India Now, city to have a new B-school
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Educations In Bihar
Posted on Tue Dec 29, 2009 at 09:52:14 PM EST
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Patna Law College To Have New Library Soon
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28,000 Bihar Kids To Write Maths Olympiad Test
ver 28,000 students of Bihar are expected to participate in the first phase of International Mathematics Olympiad, scheduled to be held on December 10.
New Delhi-based Science Olympiad Foundation's state coordinator Vishal Ranjan Daftuar said it is the largest talent hunt conducted in Asia by any organization. Around 5 lakh students from Class II to XII from various Indian schools, including those located abroad, will participate in the event, he said.
He said last year around 22,000 students from the state participated in the Mathematics Olympiad. "Of the 28,000 participants from Bihar this year, 7,000 and odd are from Patna alone," Daftuar said and added the last date for registration for participation in the event is November 30.
During the first phase, around 50 multiple-answer questions are asked from the students to test their mathematical ability and reasoning capability. On the basis of their performance in this test, Daftuar said, around 65,000 to 70,000 students are selected for the second round of the Olympiad which will be held in February next year.
Around 6,500 finalists get awards, including gold, silver and bronze medals for the first three students in each class, he said and added principals and teachers of schools are also feted for their contribution to mathematics.
Daftuar said the National Science Olympiad and National Cyber Olympiad have already been held on the same pattern. Around one million students participated in the two contests. "The performance of students from Bihar has been quite impressive in these competitions," he said.
Source: Times Of India 28,000 Bihar kids to write maths Olympiad test
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Educations In Bihar
Posted on Mon Dec 21, 2009 at 10:10:02 PM EST
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Patna University (PU)'s Repeat BEd Entrance Test BEd Results Out
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Business School To Open Centre In Patna
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Tribunal To Deal With Varsity Disputes In Bihar
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Nitish Lays Foundation Stone of IGNOU in Patna
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Bihar Human Resource Development Department Aannounced The Results of SCERT 2008 Exam
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IGNOU To Establish 400 Training Centres In Bihar
To improve educational facilities in Bihar, which has the lowest literacy level in India, and launch market driven vocational courses for its youth, the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is setting up 400 training centres in the state to train students and government officials.
The IGNOU training centres "will be equipped with computer labs to provide distance education through information technology to the remotest parts of the state", said an official of the university, one of the largest in the world.
In addition, "it is estimated that during the year 2009-10, 25,000 government officials will be trained by the IGNOU," the official said.
The Human Development Index (HDI) value of Bihar has been increasing but it still lags far behind other major states of India. Bihar figures 13th in the HDI value among 15 major states of India. Bihar, with 47 percent literacy - much lower than nation average of 66 - is ranked lowest in the country.
"These programmes will not only enable them become competitively skilled, on par with the workforce of other states, but also help Bihar to significantly improve its Human Development Index," the official said.
The state government signed an agreement for implementation of state sponsored projects with the IGNOU, called 'Samarth'. IGNOU has been chosen as the knowledge partner of the state.
The IGNOU has been training thousands of primary school teachers in the state.
Source: Samaylive.com IGNOU to establish 400 training centres in Bihar
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Educations In Bihar
Posted on Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 09:49:13 PM EST
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MoU with Bihar government Was Approved: IGNOU
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Friday clarified that an MoU signed with the Bihar government on training teachers and government officers was approved by the varsity’s board of management and the state cabinet.
A day earlier a news report alleged that the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) had asked the human resource development (HRD) ministry to probe corruption charges against IGNOU vice chancellor V.N. Rajashekharan Pillai.
The report states that according to documents forwarded by CVC to the ministry, a contract worth Rs.4 billion for an MoU signed between IGNOU and the Bihar government for project Samarth which involved training of teachers and government officials, was given without a “transparent bid process”.
However IGNOU refuted the charge saying: “The collaboration between IGNOU and the Bihar government has been unanimously approved by the University’s Board of Management in its meeting held on Nov 19, 2008. IGNOU has had an ongoing collaboration with the Bihar government for many years and the University has the maximum number of learners from this state.”
“Under this project, IGNOU has been chosen as the knowledge partner of Bihar state,” an official statement said.
As per the statement IGNOU shall establish training centers at 400 locations in the state equipped with computer labs.
“The project was finally approved by the full cabinet of Bihar as a sponsored project of IGNOU. The MoU was also approved by the Bihar cabinet and then placed before IGNOU’s Finance committee and approved,” the statement added.
On Oct 17, 2008, Pillai signed the MOU in the presence of the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and seven other ministers, IGNOU said.
Source: Thaindian.com MoU with Bihar government was approved: IGNOU
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Educations In Bihar
Posted on Fri Nov 06, 2009 at 09:23:19 PM EST
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