Education of children has been a priority task for every Indian State since Independence. Such a task assumes paramount importance in a State like Bihar, comprising of 65,000 schools, 200,000 teachers and more than 1,000,0000 children at primary and middle level of education. Such figures speak volumes about the amount of data that needs to be processed every year.

In this backdrop, the Department of HRD, Govt. of Bihar, in association with Bihar State Unit of NIC has developed a computerized database of an entire range of resources involved in providing education to the children. For the development of the Database, a core group called Education Group was formed comprising of the experts from NIC, Bihar Education Project (BEP) and Department of HRD. Outside assistance in the form of funds and resources was provided by UNICEF.

In a time span of eight months, the group developed a Statistical Report which includes an infrastructural layout of educational facilities across the State and gives a detailed picture on the 200,000 teachers in the State. This type of Teacher's MIS has helped the government in generating the teachers gradation list based on various rules.

By the application of various software tools, the analytical portions have also been presented in a graphical manner in this report, wherever felt necessary. This has helped in making the report easier to understand by a large audience.

The key topics covered by the Report include :

Important Statistics

Classification of teachers based on: ● Social Categories ● Training, Qualification ● Language, Appointment etc.

Manpower Planning of teachers Students Enrolment Details Spread-up of schools Student/Teacher Ratio Infrastructural Details Management Type etc.

The Statistical Report was recently released formally by Smt. Rabri Devi, Chief Minister, Bihar at a specially organised function, attended by many dignitaries. NIC's role in developing the database was explicitly recognised and it was re-iterated that the use of Information Technology in sectors such as education can make it possible to perform error free analysis of millions of records in a very short time frame.