- The policy to which the educational system of the State of Bihar conforms has arisen out of the fundamental rights and the directive principles of State policy laid down in the Constitution of India and the policies and programmes formulated from time to time in the development plans of the country and in the various schemes launched by the State Government or jointly by the State Government and the Government of India. The State Government accepts as its objective the providing of universal free and compulsory education for all children until they complete the age of 14 years and, without directly managing schools, it provides the initiative and assistance required for the fulfilment of this objective. It encourages local enterprise wherever it is forthcoming, but takes care to guide the expansion on the basis of well thought out plans and needs of different regions. Government also shares the responsibility of efficient and regular distribution, of salaries to teachers and retains general control, by means of efficient inspection, over all recognised institutions. In the sphere of high school and collegiate education, Government relies largely upon private enterprise and initiative but endeavours to promote expansion and improvement according to the needs of the general development of the society. Government recognises the importance and urgency of social education among the adult population of the State and with the added advantage of private enterprise like libraries and cultural centres, seeks to further this programme. Government's policy in the matter of content and methods of school education is guided by the principle that all education should be linked with the environment of the child, that productive activities should play an important part in education and that at a certain stage the different aptitudes and requirements of the pupils should be taken into account in determining their courses of studies. In other words the Basic system of education in the first eight years of schooling and provision of diversified courses of studies at the high school stage are two main principles recognised by the State Government for the content and method of school education.
