Society of tomorrow is reflected by the kind of education that one gets today. If that be a benchmark, of how you define the society, Bihar is way behind then. Shiksha Mitras is a good concept however unless it is executed properly the output would be as good as having a "charwaha vidyalaya" & it won't be far that we go back to lantern age yet again. Good thing is that students have atleast started getting education but what is the benefit if the teachers just sit around & chat. I can quote atleast 3-4 examples where I know the teachers personally & by far I don't think they even fit the standard of even being called a teacher. It's not a question of what degree have you got or do you have the basic qualification to become a teacher or not, it's rather a bigger question of wheather you should have been at that position at the first place. To me teaching is not a profession although in most pragmatic terms it may, though, remains so. It's an enthusiasm, it's a committment to focus, It's a charm that one finds onself in while doing so. It's a passion to create future. Obviously it must be paid too, accordingly, for everything has a cost to it. Teachers don't live on air. They are also human beings like us who need good living & food.
Primary teaching apart, if we look at other side of the story too like secondary & even the professional teaching, one would be appalled by the type of teachers that we have or in most of the cases where we don't even have the basic requirement of the number of teachers that we need to have.
Just getting IIM's / IIT's won't help. Get the Basics right first. I know Nitish has already done a lot & it will take some time to set everything straight but one must understand without this you are digging your own grave, even in politics.
