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Putting education, particularly higher acquisition successful the foreground of his government’s agenda, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar connected Wednesday (February 4, 2026) said that a assemblage volition beryllium opened successful each of each the 534 blocks of the State to supply amended entree to higher acquisition to students, particularly girls.
Implementing 4th resoluteness titled “Unnat Shiksha, Ujjwal Bhavishya” (Advanced Education – Bright Future) nether his ambitious ‘Saat Nischay-3’ programme, Mr. Kumar said that grade colleges volition beryllium opened successful 213 retired of 534 blocks of the State successful the archetypal signifier and world activities volition commence from July 2026.
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“At present, retired of the State’s 534 blocks, 213 blocks bash not person immoderate constituent oregon affiliated grade college. In enactment with our determination (to unfastened grade assemblage successful each block), instructions person been issued to unfastened grade colleges successful each these 213 blocks successful the archetypal signifier and to commence world activities by July 2026,” Mr. Kumar said connected his societal media station connected X.
It has besides been decided to make the State’s aged and prestigious acquisition institutions arsenic “Centres of Excellence”, Mr. Kumar said adding that a full of 55 acquisition institutions person been selected for the purpose.
“Planned and systematic steps are being undertaken for the upgrade of these prestigious institution. Instructions person besides been issued to clasp consultations with the experienced elder teachers and students of these institutions and question their suggestions for proceeding with further action,” helium said.
“The constitution of grade colleges successful each blocks of the State volition greatly facilitate girls successful pursuing higher education,” helium asserted.
“At the aforesaid time, processing prestigious acquisition institutions arsenic “Centres of Excellence” volition alteration younker to entree employment-oriented acquisition and volition besides assistance reconstruct the prestige of these institutions,” helium said, adding that it volition importantly lend to the overall, multi-dimensional improvement of the State.
Education Department on with the recently created Higher Education Department got the highest allocation of ₹68,216.95 crore successful the State’s Budget presented by Finance Minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav successful the State Assembly connected Tuesday (February 3, 2026). Education Department got an allocation of ₹60204.61 crore portion the Higher Education Department got ₹8,012.34 crore.
The Budget 2026-27 besides talked astir opening a exemplary schoolhouse successful each of the 534 blocks nether Saat Nischay-3 programme. Besides, it besides mentioned astir processing an acquisition metropolis nether the programme.
Soon aft returning to powerfulness with a thumping bulk successful November 2025, Mr. Kumar took respective cardinal decisions including 2 large decisions of creating 3 caller departments and rolling retired the Saat Nischay-3 programme for sustained and wide improvement of the State.
On December 09, 2025, the State Cabinet had approved the instauration of 3 caller departments to guarantee amended and effectual implementation of its schemes and policies. The 3 recently created departments are — Youth, Employment & Skill Development, Higher Education & Civil Aviation. The 3 departments are successful summation to the existing 45 authorities departments astatine present.
Besides, the Cabinet had connected December 16, 2025 fixed its motion for rolling retired Saat Nischay-3 successful adjacent 5 years (2025-30) to bring Bihar successful the class of developed States of the country.
In bid to execute the extremity of maturation with justice, the State Government has already implemented 2 Saat Nischay programmes since 2015 arsenic portion of bully governance programme. The archetypal and 2nd Saat Nischay programmes were implemented betwixt 2015-20 and 2020-25 respectively. It volition beryllium successful continuation of the different 2 Saat Nischay programmes.
