On March 18 2018, the government of Bihar established Patliputra University (bifurcated from Magadh University, Bodh Gaya). The university was established to overcome the problems faced by Magadh University.
Because of the large number of colleges and students, Magadh University was unable to conduct exams on time, therefore, the government decided to establish a new university to handle the situations faced by the students of Bihar.
The newly established Patliputra University was based on two major objectives:
1) to overcome the delay issues and conduct regular examinations;
2) to transform the education system of the region.
During the grand launch in March 2018, the university’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Gulab Chand Ram Jaiswal said that PPU would be one of the best universities of the country, with full transparency and zero corruption.
But after just a year, the condition seems to be entirely the opposite.
The university officials were supposed to conduct the first year undergraduate vocational examination from May 25 to June 1 2019.
However, on May 22 2019, the university published a notice on its website saying the examination had been postponed, but no valid reason was given. The transparency promised is already killed when so-called “unavoidable reasons” were not mentioned.
Now, the question is: are we not supposed to know why our examination is cancelled? If PPU was launched simply to tackle the problem of irregular exams, why is it not living up to its purpose? Are we not allowed to engage in summer internships? or Should we should spend our whole year praying for our examination?
The university also promised a grievance cell, which hasn’t even been created as yet.
Now, the admission of the new session is ongoing, but still the university doesn’t seem to be interested in conducting examinations for students currently enrolled.
There are lot of questions that nobody is there to answer. There is only ignorance. Students are insulted and silenced even by the outsourced members of staff. Students in government universities and colleges in Bihar are continuously threatened so that their voices do not rise. Even the local media has failed to focus on our problems. It seems as if they only want to focus on fancy news but not listen to the problems of students.
Where as there are many media portals who address such problems of students but I don’t know if they will adress this issue or not. But if you go to the root of the cause, you will come to know that yes, things are unfair on students.
Bihar’s corruption does not value or empower such students, instead feel proud to suppress them.
Having said that, the government of Bihar is taking steps to transform each and every sector, but there are few problems that still need to be addressed, just like the one mentioned here.
If you’re reading this, please help bring attention to this so the youth of the state can make a new Bihar. Please leave a comment down below if you’d like to get in touch.