Bizarre Picture From Bihar Goes Viral; Students Learn Hindi, Urdu At Same Time, In Same Class

A video depicting a sorry state of affairs at a government school in Bihar has gone viral on social media. The video shows both Hindi and Urdu being taught to a bunch of students on either side of a same blackboard in the school.

What's happening?

One of the teachers in the classroom can be seen teaching Hindi, while the other is teaching Urdu simultaneously - that too, on the same blackboard.

#WATCH | Bihar: Hindi & Urdu being taught on same blackboard in one classroom of a school in Katihar

Urdu Primary School was shifted to our school by Education Dept in 2017. Teachers teach both Hindi &Urdu in one classroom: Kumari Priyanka, Asst teacher of Adarsh ??Middle School pic.twitter.com/ZdkPE0j7tW

¡ª ANI (@ANI) May 16, 2022

The classroom seems to also be in utter chaos as the children seem to be barely listening, while a senior looking teacher is seen trying to pacify them by banging a stick on her desk.

And, why?

According to Kumari Priyanka, a teacher at Adarsh Middle School, the Urdu Primary School was shifted to their institute by the school education department. "Our school does not have enough classrooms, which is why we teach students in a single room," the teacher from Adarsh ??Middle School told ANI.

If the enrollment of students in the Adarsh Middle School is less, then one room will be given to Urdu Primary School. It is not good if children of different classes are being taught on the same blackboard in the same room: Kameshwar Gupta, District Education Officer pic.twitter.com/5X9H1KPiQV

¡ª ANI (@ANI) May 16, 2022

The school in question is Adarsh Middle School in Katihar, Bihar, and ANI got in touch with the District Education Officer, Kameshwar Gupta. When asked about the situation, he responded by saying, ¡°If the enrollment of students in the Adarsh Middle School is less, then one room will be given to Urdu Primary School. It is not good if children of different classes are being taught on the same blackboard in the same room.¡±

Bihar boy stuns CM Nitish Kumar

This comes 2 days after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was stunned by an 11-year-old boy, studying in Class VI, when he asked for admission into a private school since the quality of education at his government-run school in the village was not up to the mark.

The boy approached and pleaded with the chief minister, which took him by surprise for a few moments.

If in dream, I am asked to wish anything and everything, my first and last wish would be Quality, Free and Accessible Universal Education to all. Education is the real Empowerment.

But sometimes I feel, providing this is that much tough? #QualityUniversalEducation pic.twitter.com/neqZUGE7Ut

¡ª Santosh Kumar, IAS (@SantoshRai_IAS) May 14, 2022

A video clip of the incident which took place at the CM¡¯s native village Kalyanbigha under the Harnaut block of Nalanda district on Saturday has been doing rounds on social media since yesterday.

Nitish heard the grievance of the schoolboy and immediately asked one of the officers accompanying him to make necessary arrangements for the boy¡¯s studies.

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