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India
has witnessed an increasingly mediocre higher
education system for decades. To compete
successfully in the knowledge-based economy of
the 21st century, India needs enough
universities that not only produce bright
graduates for export but can also support
sophisticated research in a number of scientific
and scholarly fields and produce at least some
of the knowledge and technology needed for an
expanding economy. But the important questions
is, where Bihar stands today in terms of higher
education, research institutions etc. Let’s look
at some magical number of Bihar in terms of
Universities, Technical Institutes, Research
Institutions and Laboratory.
Number of Universities in Bihar: 11
Number of Law University: 0
Number of CSIR Lab: 0
Number of IITs: 0
Number of IIMs: 0
Number of Central University: 0
Number of Research Institutes for Physics,
Astrophysics, Laser etc: 0
Number of IT and C-DAC Institutes: 0
Number of Life Sciences/Biotechnology Institutes
and Centers: 0
Number of Institutes/ University/Research
Institutes in Economics: 0
Number of Medical Universities: 0
Number of Mathematical and Statistical
Institutes: 0
To add with, it is worthy to mention about the
number of engineering colleges and medical
colleges in Bihar. One can count it in finger,
how many engineering and medical colleges Bihar
is having. There are less that 20 medical and
engineering college in Bihar, which is
significantly lesser than those medical and
engineering colleges of city like Pune,
Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Nagpur etc.
To continue with, let me put some statistics
related to Bihar
1. Even after Jharkhand was taken out of it,
Bihar is India’s third most populated state with
a total population of 85 million.
2. Bihar has India’s largest concentration in
the below 25 years age cohort, with 58% in this
category. It will retain this position till well
into this century, which means that as India
ages Bihar will remain young! And what the young
need most are health, education, and jobs.
3. It accounts for one-seventh of India’s
population below the poverty line i.e. nearly
40% of Bihar’s population lies below the poverty
line, the highest in India.
4. The state’s performance lags seriously behind
national trends. As opposed to an All-India per
capita developmental expenditure (from 2000 to
2002) of Rs.6748.50, Bihar’s is less than half
at Rs.3206.00. The annual real per capita income
of Bihar of Rs. 3650 is about a third of the
national average of Rs.11, 625. In terms of per
capita expenditures on Medical and Public
Health, Bihar falls well behind with Rs. 86.20
as against the national average of Rs. 157.20.
Despite this, its infant mortality rate (62 per
1000) is better than the national average (66
per 1000).
5. Educational enrollment and literacy rates are
far below the national average. Bihar is also
the only Indian state where the majority of the
population - 52.47% - is illiterate
6. There are large differences in educational
outcomes across gender, social and economic
groups.
7. 80% of the bottom quintile household heads
have no education. (Contd. to next page)
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