Union minister passes responsibility to state government

Darbhanga, Oct 7 (UNI) Union minister of state of human resource development M M A Fatimi today came down upon the NDA government in Bihar for its 'failure' in improving the education system despite allocation of huge central funds.

Addressing a press conference here, Mr Fatimi said Bihar received a fair allocation of Rs.2400 crores in the union budget for education and Rs 1300 crores was earmarked for construction of school buildings in the state.

'' No improvement in the academic scenerio of Bihar is visible although the funds made available by the Centre is lying unspent with the state government,'' he rued.

He appealed to all concerned to avoid mingling politics with development of education and emphasised on concerted and sustained effort to bring about a change in education front.

Regarding Kasturba Gandhi residential girls' school, Mr Fatimi said of 129 fresh proposals to establish such schools, as many as 64 would be set up in Bihar. Besides providing free education, lodging and meals, scholarships would also be granted to the students of such schools, where 75 per cent of seats would be reserved for girls from backward classes, minorities and scheduled castes, he added.

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