Miracles Do Happen In Bihar Too.Yet Another Grand And Humanitarian Step Of Nitish Kumar

In a landmark decision which will bring smiles to the face of thousands of educated person of the state, the Bihar government has finally agreed to provide financial grants to thousands of unaided schools and colleges. As a result more than 150000 teaching and non-teaching staff of over 5,000 such institutions, who have been working without any salary for over 25 years, will now benefit from it. The decision has become effective from April 1 this year. According to Chief minister Nitish Kumar the grants would be directly linked to the performance of students of such institutions in examinations. The condition is aimed at improving the quality of education in the state. The grant amount would be handed over to the respective managing committees of these unaided institutions . The state government would have an additional financial burden of nearly Rs 150-200 crore per year.As per the chief minister unaided degree colleges and schools would be given grants on the basis of the performance of their students in various examinations every year. The institutions would be put in three categories. A sum of Rs 5,500 would be given to degree colleges for every first division while for second divisions they would get grants at the rate of Rs 5,000. For third divisions, the amount would come down to Rs 4,500 per year per student. For girls, an additional Rs 300 would be given for every first division, Rs 200 each for second and third divisions. Similarly, in higher secondary schools, the amount would be Rs 4,500 for every first division, Rs 4,000 for second and Rs 3,500 for third. For girls, an additional Rs 200 would be given in all the three categories. Secondary schools would be getting a sum of Rs 3,500 for every first division, Rs 3,000 for second and Rs 2500 for third. For girls, an additional Rs 200 would be given in all the three categories.
This measure will definitely alleviate thousands of families and they would now be able to lead a respectable and prosperous life.