Deep investigative reporting on Bihar's state university system, Chancellor directives, assistant professor recruitments (BPSC/BSUSC), academic calendars, and student movements.
Bihar will replace 'Fail' on Class 10 and 12 marksheets with 'Eligible for Skill Training', allowing students to pursue vocational training
The Chancellor's secretariat has asked all varsities to clear salaries to university teachers and employees, and pension and retirement benefits to retired ones by July 20 and submit status reports in the prescribed format, officials said on Sunday. Additional chief secretary (ACS) to the Governor, Dipak Kumar Singh, sent a letter to VCs in this regard.
Bihar Governor's secretariat extends application deadline for vice chancellors and pro-vice chancellors to July 21, aiming for significant reforms in higher education.
The ambitious scheme announced the NDA government is a part of Saat Nischay-3 flagship programme and aims to expand higher education to every block of the state
Prime Minister remarked that Nalanda's knowledge tradition, which flourished thousands of years ago, is once again guiding India's future in a renewed form
The new law will incorporate best practices adopted by 15 other states and also key features of similar acts prevalent there
Education department secretary Rajiv Raushan wrote to all the district education officers (DEOs) for details of eligible Class 9-10 school teachers after verification for deputation in degree colleges. Earlier, it was only for Class 11-12.
The funds have been released on the basis of interim approval of the universities' budget and the concerned authorities have to submit utilisation certificates within a month, says the government letter.
The education department has warned violating teachers of strict disciplinary action for breaching the code of conduct if they were found engaged in private coaching and tuition
Bihar CM Samrat Choudhary requests ₹18,000 crore from the Centre for water programs, institutes, and support for upcoming national events and development projects.
Despite strict provisions, coaching centres remained unbridled and made hay, with the government responding only with knee-jerk reaction to problems cropping up every now and then
The Governor, who was earlier member of the National Disaster a management Authority (NDMA), directed to organise a seminar at Bihar Lok Bhawan with the aim of increasing public awareness towards fire safety.
This means, there will be 24 appointments made for the highest academic posts in the state universities in the coming months by Governor Lt Gen (Rtd) Syed Ata Hasnain. For the last few years, no appointment had been made to the post of Pro-VCs in Bihar.
VC KN Singh said that at a time when implementation of 3-Language Policy of the ministry of education, government of India is a much debated issue, multilingualism should not be seen as a handicap, but a welcome requirement
The advertisements would be issued afresh with fresh guidelines for wider publicity to give opportunities to more capable candidates who could pull the universities out of the rut, a Lok Bhavan official said
The issue of unending controversies on the ongoing recruitment of assistant professors by the Bihar State University Service Commission (BSUSC) also figured during the discussions between the Governor and the CM.
This is the first removal of the VC since Hasnain took charge on March 14 last. What exactly led to the sudden removal is not known, but it is said to be the fallout of complaints against the VC reaching the Lok Bhawan.
The Governor's secretariat on Wednesday invited applications for LN Mithila University (Darbhanga), Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga, Sanskrit University, BN Mandal University (Madhepura), BBA Bihar University (Muzaffarpur), JP University (Chapra) and Aryabhatt Knowledge University (Patna).
Bihar's colleges face ad-hoc leadership issues, with principal appointments mired in court cases and delays, impacting faculty promotions and governance.
Bihar's cabinet sees BJP-JD(U) ministry swap, with JD(U) taking health and BJP handling education, aiming for reforms amid ongoing challenges.
The students alleged that the BPSC had been dilly-dallying despite assurances and the students had no more patience. Many students sustained injuries in the police action.
AKU reschedules two cancelled MBBS exams at Patna Science College due to malpractice, with new dates set for May 20 and 22 at a different center.
The four-member committee is headed by Prof Parmendra Kumar Bajpai, vice-chancellor of the Jai Prakash University, Chapra. Other members include the director of higher education, registrar of the Pataliputra University and chairman of the Bihar State University Service Commission (BSUSC).
Patna University registrar has written to the director, higher education, NK Aggarwal, that the recommendation of the candidate Vivek Kumar, made by BSUSC on serial No. 1 in the geography subject, is under cloud
What the university has stumbled upon in course of preliminary verification is bizarre, with some candidates having teaching experience certificate without fulfilling the mandatory minimum criteria
She was delivering the Convocation address at the second Convocation of the Nalanda University in Rajgir
Describing the role of the VCs as very important, the governor said that they are in a position to better solve the problems of the universities based on their experience and grassroots understanding.
In Bihar's secondary board exams, girls outperformed boys in pass rates, with two girls as joint toppers. Overall pass percentage fell to 81.79%.
The results of the secondary board examination, conducted by the Bihar School Examination Board, were announced on Sunday by education minister Sunil Kumar.
Prof Ajay Kumar Singh was sent on compulsory leave by former Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on October 16 on the charge that "he was not acting in accordance with the statutory provisions and directions issued by the Chancellor's secretariat and the education department"
Set up in 2014 through an Act of Parliament passed in 2010 after years of hard work piloted by the Nitish Kumar government and involving the likes of former President APJ Abdul Kalam in preparing the ground work, NU had held its first convocation in 2016 for the first batch of its post-graduate students.
In the top 5, there were four girls out of six students, with the second and third position going to Sakshi Kumari (Sitamarhi) and Sapna Kumari (Nawada)
The overall pass percentage stood at 85.19%, with girls recording a higher success rate of 86.23% compared to 84.09% for boys.
Bihar Governor Syed Aata Hasnain will review higher education issues on March 30, focusing on corruption and appointments in state universities.
JD(U) MLC Sanjiv Kumar Singh has written a letter to the secretariat of new Bihar Governor Lt Gen (Rtd) Syed Ata Hasnain, who was himself Chancellor of Central University of Kashmir
The draft statute has proposed a descriptive type three-hour written test based on NET syllabus. It will carry 160 marks, while 40 marks will be for interview.
Thousands of retired university employees in Bihar await pensions for over two months, despite government claims of no financial issues, raising concerns.
NSUI's Shantanu Shekhar won the election for president post by a big margin of 1,496 votes, defeating his nearest rival Prince Kumar from the Chhatra JD(U)
NSUI defeats ABVP and JD-U to win president and general secretary posts in Patna University Students' Union polls amid lowest voter turnout
The campaigning would end at 5 pm on February 26, which would leave the candidates with just there days for canvassing in keeping with the strict guidelines.
Patna University may decide on student union elections today after a postponement due to violence; students apologize and seek no legal action.
The matter relates to Dwarka Nath College, Jatti Chak, Masaurhi, Patna, duly affiliated to Magadh University, Bodhgaya and recognized by the University Grants Commission. Subsequently, the College came under Patliputra University by a notification issued by the Education Department
Polls were scheduled for February 28 and Saturday was the day when the names of the candidate for various central panel and councillors' posts were to be announced to set the stage for campaigning, but things went awry before that
The minister also reiterated the government's plan to open model schools and degree colleges in every district and carry out recruitment of around 45,000 teachers through Teachers' Recruitment Exam (TRE-4)
Though Choudhary finally got through, there are nearly 150 other candidates recommended for appointment in the political science subject who are not so lucky and are awaiting their turn for joining in various universities
A senior official of the Lok Bhawan said that the search committee would have a nominee from the University Grants Commission (UGC) in keeping with the UGC provisions and Supreme Court order on the appointment of VCs
Bihar's Teachers' Recruitment Examination (TRE-4) is set to proceed, filling around 46,000 vacancies after a long delay, with details to follow.
The LNMU's direction to the 14 candidates out of 46 recommended has come in the Political Science subject, which was mired in controversy ahead of election
The Code of Conduct for the PUSU elections has come into effect with the announcement of the election schedule released by the PUSU chief patron and officiating vice-chancellor Prof Namita Singh
Bihar education department seeks clarification on appointing minister Ashok Chaudhary as Assistant Professor due to scrutiny of his PhD degree. | India News
Rural works minister Ashok Chaudhary was recommended by BSUSC to join Pataliputra University as Asst Prof of Political Science, but now the Bihar education department has sent back recommendation for his appointment for 'review', triggering speculation that there are fears of legal trouble for the minister
During the Budget session, Bihar Governor Arif Mohammad Khan praised the state's Seven Resolves programme for its commitment to development and job creation.
Governor Arif Mohammad Khan said the Centre was extending full support to add pace to the state's developmental journey under chief minister Nitish Kumar.
The meeting notice from Bihar's Raj Bhavan was sent hours after the education department criticised top university officials for skipping a meeting
The matter escalated after the education department issued orders on Wednesday to stop the salary and pension of Federation of University Teachers' Association of Bihar (FUTAB) working president Kanhaiya Bahadur and general secretary Sanjay Kumar, also an MLC (member of the Legislative Council), for their remarks against the order that college and university teachers should also mandatorily take five classes each day and strike off names of students remaining absent for more than three days.
On November 2, chief minister Nitish Kumar will distribute provisional appointment letters to the newly recruited teachers at a mega function at Patna's Gandhi Maidan
Nearly a dozen petitions have already been filed in the Patna High Court against the new rules and the matter will come up for hearing later in June after the summer vacation.
Though the pay scale is significantly higher than what over 3.5 lakh teachers appointed through the panchayatI raj institutions (PRIs) and urban local bodies (ULBs) since 2006 are currently getting, it is lower than the old prescribed pay scale for teachers, under which around 60,000 still remain in service.
Renowned economist Arvind Panagariya has been appointed as the chancellor of Nalanda University, succeeding Dr Vijay P Bhatkar. Panagariya is a professor at Columbia and an expert on the Indian economy. He was also the vice chairman of the Niti Ayog and chief economist at the Asian Development Bank.
This will the first meeting of VCs with the Governor, who is the Chancellor of the state universities.
The move is necessitated due to the start of the financial year 2023-24 in which the universities will receive a budgetary allocation for payment of salary, pension and other requirements. In the state budget for fiscal 2023-24 with a total outlay of about ₹2.62 lakh crore, the highest allocation is for education with a total outlay of ₹40,450 crore
Information and public relations department minister Sanjay Jha said 21 Bihar students from Ukraine were being evacuated by MEA through Bucharest and they were due to arrive in New Delhi on February 26 morning.
PATNA: Even as the government is gearing up to tackle the looming threat of a third wave and the new Omicron variant, the state is set to touch the 100 million mark in vaccination against Covid-19, said health officials
Former Congress chief Ram Jatan Sinha says the current crop of student leaders in Bihar are not able to create impact even if given posts.
Officials in the department of education admitted to the delay in payment of salary, but said that efforts were on to resolve the matter.
The issue relates to the development of Krishnaghat road to connect with upcoming Ganga Path along the Ganga river for which PU has been asked to transfer land.
A letter from Brajesh Mehrotra, principal secretary to the chancellor, asked VCs to show.how college principals who attained the age of 62 years between 2012 and 2017, continued to hold the post even after that.
With a pass percentage of just 35, the Bihar school examination board intermediate results, declared on Tuesday, have triggered a series of suicides by examinees who failed the test.
The dismal performance of students in Class 12 or intermediate examination conducted by BSEB has the opposition up in arms and experts questioning the quality of education being imparted in its schools.
CLAT toppers Rajat Maloo and Pranav Tripathi made concerted efforts to better themselves and succeeded in cracking the tough law entrance test
President, who is also the visitor of NU, signed the letter appointing Sunaina Singh, at present vice chancellor of the English and Foreign Language University (EFLU), Hyderabad, on Tuesday. | India News
Upon approval from NU chancellor Dr Vijay Bhatkar, the accused student was put under suspension, confirmed NU communications director Smita Polite. | India News
The Bihar chief minister dared opposition parties to come out with names of ministers that they alleged were involved in the Bihar Staff Selection Commission examination question paper leak. | India News
Administrative machinery in Bihar cut up over action against officers in BSSC question paper leak and boat tragedy, leading to death of 24 persons | India News
Chancellor Ramnath Kovind has made interim arrangement as the process to appoint regular vice chancellors in Bihar, which will require 'effective and meaningful' consultation between Raj Bhawan and the government, may stretch over a month.
Opposition parties in poll-bound Bihar have questioned the ruling JD(U) for an alleged "misuse" of the state's education network for electoral benefit after a footage of government school teachers "educating" students about the "welfare schemes" undertaken by the Nitish Kumar government was aired. | India News
Biswanath Singh Institute of Legal Studies, Munger, which hit the headlines following a controversy over the degree issued to former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar, may have to face the music and even lose its affiliation
Former foreign minister of Singapore, George Yeo has been made the new Chancellor of Nalanda University. He succeeds the first chancellor, Nobel laureate Prof Amartya Sen. | India News
Chancellor of Nalanda University, Prof Amartya Sen, has withdrawn his candidature for a second term as head of the transnational Nalanda University in Bihar citing political interference. Here he speaks to ARUN KUMAR in an exclusive interview about the need to restrain political interference and greater academic autonomy. He has also cleared the mist over university spendings
Bihar's (in)famous 'love guru', Matuknath Choudhary, whose decision to leave his first wife to live with his student Julie in 2006 hit the headlines, desperately wants to join the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). | India News
Just days after the July 16 Masrakh (Chhapra) mid-day meal (MDM) tragedy, which claimed 23 lives, around 77 children fell ill after eating their meals schools in Arwal and Jamui districts of Bihar on Wednesday. The first incident was stated to be a case of indigestion, whereas 'foul play' was suspected in Jamui. Arun Kumar reports.
The government is likely to try and rope in services of former President APJ Abul Kalam and founder director of NLSIU, Bangalore, Dr NR Madhava Menon and the likes
Governor-cum-Chancellor of universities Devanand Konwar on Tuesday asked all vice chancellors to submit detailed reports ratified by the respective statutory bodies to the government and himself on the practical problems they faced in implementing rationalisation.
Buoyed by the highest growth in female literacy in the decade and significant increase in the number of girls passing class 10 and 12 board examinations, the human resource development department has mooted a proposal for setting up a women's university - only the second of its kind in the country.
A day after news about the abduction of an American university researcher, Juhi Tyagi, by Naxalites in the extremist-affected Jamui district of Bihar flashed in the media, it turned out to be a false alarm. Arun Kumar reports.
Fifteen Bihar colleges lost their accreditation as they failed to renew it before the expiry of its five-year validity, the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) said on Wednesday.
hey are the alumni of a remarkable coaching school in Patna that annually sends poor youngsters to the IITs. What are some of these Old Boys up to now? reports Arun Kumar
The Chancellor's office and the Human Resource Development Department seem to be firmly set on a collision course, Arun Kumar.
Acting on the directives of the Human Resource Development Department, the Regional Deputy Director, Magadh Division, on Saturday, lodged an FIR against Magadh University Vice Chancellor BN Pandey and others under various sections of Prevention of Corruption Act, reports Arun Kumar.
Artists from India and the Indian diaspora are featured in "Shifting Shapes-Unstable Signs" - an exhibition of contemporary art from around the world at Yale University School of Art's new gallery.
In a major development, Patna University suspended former Coordinator of the Department of BBA PC Verma and replaced prof-in-charge of Patna College Ran Bijay Kumar for serious lapses in the admission process.
Only 40 per cent of teachers in primary schools run by the Bihar Govt were able to make error-free summaries of a passage given to them, reports Arun Kumar. | India News
Mob violence in Bihar has developed a disconcerting pattern of late, reports Arun Kumar.
The Govt will de-linked Intermediate teaching from all the degree colleges of the State from 2008, reports Arun Kumar.
The Centre's move to reduce assistance under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA) from the existing 75 per cent to 50 per cent will deal a serious blow to the ongoing teachers' recruitment drive in the State, reports Arun Kumar. | India News
Gavai said a 'broader framework' would be developed to govern vocational courses, reports Arun Kumar. | India News
The Chancellor-cum-Governor admits there is a long journey ahead to bring the system 'back on track', reports Arun Kumar. | India News
Bihar was followed by Jharkhand and West Bengal boards, which took 10 days to complete the process, reports Arun Kumar. | India News