The Bihar government has announced to discontinue plus two (intermediate) classes conducted in colleges affiliated with various universities in the state. In a notification released late on Wednesday evening, the Education department stated that similar to the discontinuation of such classes at Patna University around a decade ago, the same will now cease in colleges under other universities starting from the academic session commencing in April this year.

According to the notification, intermediate education in all three streams, including arts, science, and commerce, will now solely take place in higher secondary schools starting from the upcoming session. The department also mentioned that the separation of intermediate (plus two) from colleges has been proposed in the Universities Act. However, implementation was previously hindered due to insufficient infrastructure and staff in higher secondary schools.

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The resolution regarding this matter has already been announced in the state gazette. In 2007, the Nitish Kumar government made a policy decision to gradually remove intermediate education from colleges in alignment with the National Education Policy (1986/92). Consequently, the 10+2 format was introduced for plus two education.

“The department has already developed large-scale infrastructure and recruited 67,961 teachers for higher secondary schools and another 65,737 teachers in secondary schools under a special drive. The government schools are now equipped to handle plus two education”, reads the notification.

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