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Sunday, November 3, 2024
TopicBihar education system

Topic: Bihar education system

Bihar kicks off school monitoring plan to improve quality of education, mid-day meals, upgrade infra

Over 8,000 officials will check around 10 to 15 govt schools each. District officials have been instructed to review and report regularly, take action to address deficiencies.

SubscriberWrites: KK Pathak’s approach and educational reforms in Bihar

The dynamic reforms taken by the officer in the last year were key to move some of the slothful mountains constraining quality education in Bihar for decades.

IAS officer KK Pathak is the TN Seshan of Bihar schools. But can fear bring reform?

Pathak's 'undemocratic' measures as the additional chief secretary of education are infamous in Bihar. He’s suspending teachers, slashing salaries, striking truant students off rolls.

No place to sit in school, Bihar girl students attack education department car

Local administration said classrooms were overflowing because there were more admissions than capacity.

‘No trust at all’: Bihar teachers, aspirants out on street against Nitish Kumar’s ‘betrayal’

Nitish Kumar scrapped the teacher recruitment system he himself had introduced in 2006. Those who cleared Bihar STET and were waiting for appointment letters will have to sit for BPSC exam now.

On Camera

Neither retaliation nor revenge—Sardar Patel’s appeal for peace after Partition violence

On 12 September 1947, deputy PM Vallabhbhai Patel addressed the nation 'with a heavy heart and in obedience to the call of duty' to call for an end to the communal violence and unspeakable brutalities.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.