Bihar sends teachers to Oxford to boost higher education
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Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary announced a plan to send 100 college teachers from the state’s 1,000-plus degree colleges to universities including Oxford and Harvard for training.
The announcement came as 2,451 newly appointed assistant professors began orientation at 211 new colleges recently opened across Bihar, a South Asian country. These colleges aim to provide higher education access to rural students, especially young women, who previously faced long commutes.
The initiative to send teachers abroad is part of broader reforms within Bihar’s higher education system. The state government allocated 21.7% of its budget, Rs 68,216 crore, to education for the 2026 to 27 fiscal year, focusing on increased attendance, biometric tracking, and the introduction of smart classes and artificial intelligence. Officials from the Bihar higher education department plan to develop a detailed selection process to identify the teachers who will participate in the international training program.
A professor at Patna University supported the move, stating that it will help balance the quantity and quality of higher education by introducing modern teaching methods and global standards to local classrooms.
