Universities to get librarians soon: Bihar minister

PATNA: State education minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary said in the legislative council on Friday that the government would form a committee to devise ways for filling the vacant posts of librarians in different universities.
The minister was replying to a question raised by CPI MLC Sanjay Kumar Singh regarding delay in appointment of librarians in postgraduate departments and constituent colleges of B R Ambedkar Bihar University (BRABU).He said of the 42 colleges in under BRABU, just five have librarians.
MLC Sanjeev Shyam Singh raised the issue of student credit card benefit not being provided to those opting for BEd courses. He also raised the issue of appointment of Veer Kunwar Singh University vice-chancellor in “wrong ways”. He said an investigation regarding financial corruption was going on againt the VC in Lucknow University and the information was even sent to governor’s secretariat in Bihar.
The minister said a committee headed vice-chancellors of Lalit Narayan Mithila University and BRABU has been formed by the governor to investigate the matter.
Another MLC, Sanjeev Kumar Singh, raised the issue of remuneration not being given to teachers for evaluation by State Council of Education Research and Training. To this, Choudhary said the government was directly sending money into teachers’ bank accounts.
Congress MLC Prem Chandra Mishra said of the 88172 government and aided schools, 31,670 do not have fire-fighting equipment.