Friday, 5 August 2011

Bihar News, Latest News from Bihar, News of Bihar, Biharprabha News

Bihar News, Latest News from Bihar, News of Bihar, Biharprabha News

IGIMS to start the MBBS course from this session itself

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 02:52 AM PDT

Board of Governors (BoG) of the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS), Patna, unanimously passed the suggestion of chief minister Nitish Kumar that those students who have cleared the BCECE-2011 should get a chance for admission to the MBBS course to be run by the institute for the session 2011-12.

Even those candidates who had opted for IGIMS in the first counselling would be given chance, depending on their position in the merit list and keeping in view the availability of seats, said health minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey here on Wednesday after the BoG meet.

Earlier, IGIMS, an autonomous body, which was recently granted permission by the Medical Council of India (MCI) to run the MBBS course with an annual intake of 100 students, had announced to hold an all-India test to select the 100 students and published advertisements, asking aspirants to submit their applications.

Schools in Bihar to be equipped with 10KW solar panels

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 02:49 AM PDT

The Bihar School Examination Board has decided to provide 10-kilowatt power to each school under the Centre’s Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission scheme. “The board is serious about providing solar energy to schools. We are exploring possible options,” a board official said.

According to board officials, there is a Rs 1.25 lakh subsidy for every KW of solar energy for captive consumption in educational institutions.

The board is planning to provide electricity to schools through rooftop solar photovoltaic systems. The system will offset the requirement for grid energy and also provide power backup.

For years, students in Bihar have been sweating it out in classrooms, quite literally because of acute shortage of electricity. But the dim and dreary lessons will soon be a thing of the past. Schools in Bihar are all set to bring solar energy into the classroom, which means no more power cuts and computer classes will be a routine, reports MI Khan.
In power-starved Bihar, solar energy is all set to light up the lives of school children. With the use of solar energy thousands of students will now be able to avail of computer and laboratory facilities, which they have been deprived of because of the acute shortage of power.

“Solar energy will provide more opportunities and work as a miracle for schools and students,” said Anjani Kumar Singh, principal secretary, human resource development department, Bihar.

Singh admitted that acute power shortage in Bihar has been the biggest problem faced by educational institutions, particularly the government-run schools in urban as well as in rural areas. But this all set to change soon.
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