Patna, June 8: Bihar has seen around 11 per cent growth under the leadership of chief minister Nitish Kumar but it seems too less to plug brain drain.
Soon after the Intermediate, CBSE and ICSE results were declared, a major population of those who have cleared these examinations are already planning to move out. Reason: A clear mismatch between demand for good education and a poor supply of minimum facilities in educational institutions.
Bright students, who have just cleared the school or college-level examination, are fully aware of the fact that the higher education system in Bihar is in a shambles.
This has led to massive migration of students from Bihar to states like Delhi, Maharashtra, Bangalore and even Bengal. Shikha Singh, a Class XII passout of Delhi Public School, Patna, wanted to pursue a career in medicine. However, she intends to choose Delhi or Pune for her higher education over her home state Bihar.
She said: “I am not able to trust the faculty in Bihar medical colleges. They lack proper educational facilities, infrastructure and co-curricular activities. There is lack of good academic environment and power supply remains a perennial problem.”
Nitish Sinha, a Class XII passout of Patna Central School, said: “Most of my friends and I want to do our graduation from some other state. There is dearth of quality institutions that match standards of those in Delhi and Mumbai. I want to stay in Bihar but I am helpless.”
Human resource development department principal secretary Anjani Kumar Singh said: “We have seen the trend and the migration is a result of increasing population and limited colleges. Students often prefer to leave Bihar for higher education as there is insufficient job opportunities as there is no dedicated industrial area.”
“In Bihar, there are a number of private colleges, which are unable to provide good faculty and placements. As far as government colleges are concerned they provide adequate facilities but they are limited in number. I think, this is the main reason why youths prefer to migrate to other cities,” said retired professor of Patna University, S.K. Ganguly.
