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PURNIA: Purnia and Kosi divisions might have been seat of prolific literary giants and scholars in Hindi, Maithili and Bengali literature in the past, but the region is now a pathetic tale of utter neglect and apathy. Even 65 years after the country's freedom, there is no government medical or engineering college in the two divisions comprising of as many as seven districts.
Chief minister Nitish Kumar, during his 'seva yatra' in January this year, promised upgradation of Purnia sadar hospital into a full-fledged medical college hospital under the PPP (private-public partnership) mode. Ten months on, there is no positive sign of it coming up.
Also, the proposal for establishment of a centre of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) at Kishanganj is also hanging fire for months now even though the Bihar government allocated land for it more than ten months back.
This north-east part of Bihar, lying close to Nepal, has only one university. Madhepura-headquartered B N Mandal University has 27 constituent colleges. Former secondary education minister Ram Prakash Mahto, who is head of department of Commerce in D S College, Katihar, said the university was merely concerned with "admission, registration, examination and result publication".
"No one was interested in imparting education as such. So much so that classes are mostly empty, and hardly five to six students can be found on the campus of any college," he said and demanded that attendance in classes should be made mandatory and defaulters should be penalized and asked to seek readmission.
He also emphasized the need for combating the "coaching centre culture" which was spreading even to villages. The coaching centres should not be allowed to hold classes between 10am and 3pm at least, Mahto told TOI.
"The blame must be equally put on all the successive governments for their skewed vision," said former Marwari College-Kishanganj principal Aditya Nath Saha.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Higher-education-in-limbo-in-Purnia-Kosi-divisions/articleshow/17272293.cms
Chief minister Nitish Kumar, during his 'seva yatra' in January this year, promised upgradation of Purnia sadar hospital into a full-fledged medical college hospital under the PPP (private-public partnership) mode. Ten months on, there is no positive sign of it coming up.
Also, the proposal for establishment of a centre of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) at Kishanganj is also hanging fire for months now even though the Bihar government allocated land for it more than ten months back.
This north-east part of Bihar, lying close to Nepal, has only one university. Madhepura-headquartered B N Mandal University has 27 constituent colleges. Former secondary education minister Ram Prakash Mahto, who is head of department of Commerce in D S College, Katihar, said the university was merely concerned with "admission, registration, examination and result publication".
"No one was interested in imparting education as such. So much so that classes are mostly empty, and hardly five to six students can be found on the campus of any college," he said and demanded that attendance in classes should be made mandatory and defaulters should be penalized and asked to seek readmission.
He also emphasized the need for combating the "coaching centre culture" which was spreading even to villages. The coaching centres should not be allowed to hold classes between 10am and 3pm at least, Mahto told TOI.
"The blame must be equally put on all the successive governments for their skewed vision," said former Marwari College-Kishanganj principal Aditya Nath Saha.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Higher-education-in-limbo-in-Purnia-Kosi-divisions/articleshow/17272293.cms
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