Arwal among 10 districts sans PG teaching centres

PATNA: The state government has decided to extend the facility of postgraduate (PG) teaching in every district. At present, no higher education institute in 10 of the 38 districts imparts PG teaching in any subject.
A decision in this regard was taken at a high-level meeting of the state education department held under the chairmanship of education minister, Vijay Kumar Choudhary, on Thursday.The participants discussed ways to enhance higher education opportunities for the youths with a view to increasing the state’s gross enrolment ratio (GER).
Later, the minister told this reporter that Supaul, Gopalganj, Kaimur, Kishanganj, Lakhisarai, Jamui, Arwal, Banka, Nawada, and Sheohar districts did not have a single college offering PG courses. “A number of institutions and people’s representatives have been urging the education department to introduce PG teaching in the existing degree colleges. If such a demand is made by a college located in any of these 10 districts, it will be okayed by the government on a priority basis. The proposal should, however, be duly forwarded by a competent authority,” he said.
Choudhary also claimed that the proposals received from B S S College in Supaul and K K M College in Jamui had already been cleared and a notification for starting PG teaching would be issued soon. “In the remaining districts, an approval for running PG programmes will be granted as soon as a proposal is received,” he added.
The government has already decided to open at least one degree college in each subdivision. “There are altogether 11 subdivisions without any degree college yet. Hence, suitable plots of land are being procured,” said Choudhary.
Besides, at least one Plus II school has been established in each of the 8,386 panchayats. Steps have also been initiated to upgrade the existing Plus II schools as degree colleges.