Education System in Bihar
In ancient Bihar, world famous learning centres, universities of Nalanda and Vikramshila, were located. After their destruction in the 13th century, Bihar has not seen any educational centre of world repute.
Presently, like most parts of India, after 10 years of schooling, students can join 2 years of Intermediate course (or +2 courses) in Arts, Science and Commerce. This is followed by 3 years of degree courses. Some students choose to join 3 years diploma courses offered by Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs). There are hardly 5 or 6 institutions imparting professional courses.
The educational infrastructure of the state falls short of a growing population. As such, a number of students, after completing schooling, move away to New Delhi, Karnataka, and other parts of India, for perusing higher technical or non-technical studies.
Bihar has a system of district schools (called Zila schools), located at district headquarter of older districts of Bihar. There are a lot of state run Navodaya schools also. In early eighties, the state government took over control and management of most of privately run schools, and accorded them government recognition. There are many such schools throughout the state with different names. Central government also runs a number of Central schools for the wards of its employees. Delhi Public School, a chain of schools, is also opening schools in various towns of Bihar. In bigger cities and towns, some schools are run by convents or by the Jesuits.
Universities and colleges
Bihar has five general purpose universities and one exclusively for Sanskrit:
Most of the government-run schools in Bihar are affiliated to Bihar School Examination Board, whereas most of the private schools are affiliated to ICSE and CBSE boards.
Patna University, Patna
University of Bhagalpur, Bhagalpur
Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga
Kameshwar Singh Sanskrit University, Darbhanga
Magadh University, Bodh Gaya
Bihar University, Muzaffarpur
University of Patna, established in 1917 and the seventh oldest university on the Indian subcontinent, is the most prominent among the above five universities. It has 11 colleges, including famous colleges like Patna Science College,Patna Women's College, Patna College and Patna Medical College & Hospital. Patna Women's College is one of the leading women's college in Bihar, followed by Magadh Mahila College.
There are three engineering colleges, under the management and control of the Government of Bihar:
Bihar College of Engineering, now National Institute of Technology, Patna
Bhagalpur College of Engineering
Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology
Following is a list of the medical colleges in Bihar :
Patna Medical College and Hospita, and Nalanda Medical College and Hospital, at Patna
Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital at Muzaffarpur
Magadh Medical College and Hospital at Gaya and
Bhagalpur Medical College and Hospital at Bhagalpur
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