Bihar's Education System in Shambles: Building History with the Rubbles of My Fading Memory

11 Pages Posted: 28 Jun 2016 Last revised: 30 Jun 2016

Date Written: June 28, 2016

Abstract

The entire education system of Bihar, starting from primary education to higher learning is plagued by corruption, inefficiency and disregard for quality. Although the Bihari youths have wonderful brains and amazing power of perseverance and tenacity to pursue and achieve their goals, Bihar is known for supplying manual or unskilled laborers to the entire nation as well as the land of poverty, ignorance, corruption and political buffoonery. This is because her youths are maimed and nurtured to be differently-abled so as to make a reserve army of followers serving the interests of destructive leaders. Bihar has fallen into the toxic triangle of destructive leaders, susceptible followers and conducive environment. The people are suffering from the problem of conceit and perhaps self-adulation has entered into the collective subconscious of the people in general. The socio-political system characterizes a soft state and there are formidable countervailing forces to resist any positive change in the system. Populism and opportunism among the political leaders are so strong that they would deny all positive changes. Hunger for power and money is supporting and supported by criminal forces. One really does not know whether this night will ever be followed by a dawn!

Keywords: Education system, Bihar, India, corruption, examination, toxic triangle, destructive leadership

JEL Classification: A13, I21, Z10

Suggested Citation

Mishra, Sudhanshu K., Bihar's Education System in Shambles: Building History with the Rubbles of My Fading Memory (June 28, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2801725 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2801725

Sudhanshu K. Mishra (Contact Author)

North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU) ( email )

NEHU Campus
Shillong, 793022
India
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