Education

PATNA—Around four lakh people have been left jobless after closure of coaching institutes in Bihar as a result of COVID-19 outbreak in the past nine months. Coaching association officials said around 400,000 people directly linked with…
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PATNA—The state government in Bihar has finally decided to reopen all the schools, both government-run and private, from September 28. However, the schools will get open for only students from Class IX to XII and will function with just…
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PATNA—A student from Bihar who covered more than 700 km in 24 hours by buses to appear at the medical entrance exam missed his test by just 10 minutes. Santosh Kumar Yadav from Darbhanga district changed as many as three buses to reach…
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PATNA—A senior IAS official was on Monday appointed the chairman of the controversy-ridden Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) moments after he retired from the service. RK Mahajan, a 1987-batch IAS official hailing from Himachal…
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PATNA—The state government in Bihar has announced to appoint only locals as teachers in around 72,000 government primary schools in the state. According to the instruction issued by the education department on Saturday, only the citizens…
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PATNA—Magadh Mahila College, a premier institution of higher education for young women in Bihar, completed 75 years on Sunday. Addressing a function on this occasion, College principal Dr Sashsi Sharma announced to start new courses for…
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NEW DELHI—The World Bank Board of Executive Directors have approved a $500 million Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States Program (STARS) to improve the quality and governance of school education in six Indian states. The…
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RANCHI—With poor tribal children not owing android phones to attend Online classes, a government school in India’s Jharkhand state has come with a unique idea to impart them teaching at this time of Corona pandemic. A Middle School with…
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PATNA—A new development in the society has taken the educationists by surprise—Children from smaller cities and humble backgrounds are performing better than those based in state capital or major cities. This year too, all the 41…
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PATNA—Quarantine centres running to house the returning migrants have turned into “centres of learning” in Bihar. At a centre running in a government school in West Champaran, dozens of illiterate migrants are being taught the importance…
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