Question

Write an essay on the problems of present education system in bihar

Answer 1

Bihar is the third largest state of India by population. Close to 85% of the population lives in villages. Additionally, almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, giving Bihar the highest proportion of young people compared to any other state in India.
Bihar has been a major centre of learning, home to the ancient universities of Nalanda (established in 450 CE), Odantapura(established in 550CE) and Vikramashila (established in 783 CE)
NIT Patna is the second oldest engineering college of India. Its origin can be traced to 1886 with the establishment of a survey training school. Patna University (established in 1917) which is the seventh oldest university of the Indian subcontinent.
Since the late 1970s, Bihar has lagged far behind other Indian states in terms of social and economic development. Many economists and social scientists claim that this is a direct result of the policies of the central government, such as the Freight equalisation policy, its apathy towards Bihar, lack of Bihari sub-nationalism (the state has no public spokesperson or persona), and the Permanent Settlement of 1793 by the British East India Company.
In spite of the meager investment on education in Bihar, compared to other poorer Indian states, the students have done well. National institutes of learning such as IIT, IIM and AIIMS, IISER, NISER have had a good representation from Bihar.
Bihar, with female literacy at 53.3%, is striving to climb as the government has established educational institutions. At the time of independence, women's literacy in Bihar was 4.22%.
Out-of-school rate in the age group 6-14 was 6.3% in 2007, a big drop from 12.8 per cent in 2006.
The best talent pool of engineers is in Delhi, Bihar and Jharkhand says the National Employability Report of Engineering Graduates, 2014 by Aspiring Minds, which makes Bihar one of the top three states producing best Engineering Graduates in terms of Quality and

Answer 2

In India, Bihar has the third largest population and nearly 85% of the population resides in villages. Being the center of learning it has lagged behind in terms of economic and social development. However it has been claimed that due to lack in government policies it has resulted in backwardness. In Bihar most of the students are enrolled in CBSE board over their state board. Being the toughest board, Bihar board  schools have no facility of proper teachers and infrastructure. Due to poor facilities it creates huge mismatch between the supply and demand. Such problem has arisen due to the increase in population. Further the students are flooding to other states to seek opportunities in education.