Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, while inaugurating the extension of BIT, Mesra, in Patna on Thursday said it was a historical day for the state and with more name-brand schools and colleges coming to Bihar, the students would not feel the need to leave the state to acquire quality education for themselves and the coming generations.
"We are making sure Bihar is not devoid of better educational facilities and the opening of BIT Mesra and Chanakya Law University in the nine months of the NDA government in the state is an indication of our commitment to quality education for our youths," Kumar said.
Taking a dig at the previous Lalu-Rabri government, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said the RJD government stalled the coming of BIT Mesra in Bihar by posing one hurdles after another and refused to allocate space and building causing a delay of over three years.
"By opening the Law University and now this BIT Mesra in a short period of nine months, the Nitish government has proved that anything is possible if one has the desire to do something," Modi said.
Science and Technology Minister Anil Kumar said by next year six new engineering colleges would start operating in the state and colleges in Gaya, Darbhanga, and Motihari that have been lying dormant for last several years would also be revived by the end of next year.
The function was attended by a number of teachers and officials of Jharkhand-based BIT Mesra, other state officials and hundreds of young students.
