Bihar, a Model for Center!!!

Hi Everyone,
As promised earlier here is my another post related to my Bihar.

May one may not agree, but Bihar is now a model for the Centre, for several ‘firsts’ initiated by the Nitish government during its 15-month rule.

Sources in the state HRD department said that the Centre had expressed its desire to emulate the common school system(CCS) method being worked out by the Bihar government to end the divide between the rich and the poor in classrooms across the country.

It was learnt that the secretary, school education, in the union HRD ministry, Champak Chatterjee, not only appreciated the CCS model conceptualised by Nitish, but was also in favour of suggesting it to other states to follow the same. Nitish has already appointed former bureaucrat Muchkund Dubey to work out the modalities for CCS in Bihar.

Furthermore, the Centre was also willing to provide complete financial assistance to achieve the goal of revamping the education system in Bihar by Nitish.

This was not the first time the Centre evinced interest to replicate any Bihar model.

Earlier, the planning commission, too, showed interest to follow the coupon system introduced by Nitish to provide subsidised commodities and kerosene through the PDS for people who are below the poverty line in the state.

The move was aimed at plugging the loopholes in the PDS, as well as to keep a check on the corrupt practices of ration dealers to sell foodgrains meant for PDS in the open market.

The decision to reserve 50 per cent seats for women in the panchayat polls held last year, which aimed at eyeing a gender revolution at the grassroots, has already earned kudos. Bihar was the first state in the country to reserve 50 per cent seats for women in panchayats.

The same model is going to be replicated in the state, in the up and coming urban bodies polls, initiated by Nitish for an ‘empowered’ women’s raj, which would be beyond the considerations of caste, creed and religion.