Bihar Education dept orders prefabricated classrooms, guest teachers to overcome shortage in govt schools

The Bihar Education Department has ordered government schools facing shortage of classrooms to construct prefabricated classrooms to accommodate students, an official said.

The Education Department has also directed schools facing shortage of teachers to hire ’guest teachers’.

Many government schools in Bihar are facing shortage of classrooms and teachers as per inspection reports of District Magistrates, the official said. 

The ACS has asked DMs to personally monitor the progress of the work. The prefabricated classrooms can be built swiftly and cost-effectively.

Earlier, the regular inspection had revealed that the majority of the primary and middle schools in the state have discoloured chalkboards, running without proper boundary walls and are facing acute shortage of functional toilets.

On this, the ACS, in a missive, dated August 16, 2023, to DMs across the state, had asked the latter to ensure fresh quote of black paint on all discoloured chalkboards of schools at the earliest and also maintenance of non-functional toilets under the cleanliness head of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme.

The ACS also asked DMs to ensure the construction of boundary walls of schools (those who don’t have one) as early as possible.