Primary education is in a shambles. Fifty miles out of Patna, primary schools run when it is convenient for the teachers. Drop-out rate is very high. In tribal areas, the children are lucky if one of the six teachers is present. Laloo has not lifted a small finger to promote the education of the girl child.
Higher education is steeped in corruption.
The only silver lining in the dim scenario is the realisation by the youth of Bihar that the caste-based rule of Laloo Yadav has put their career in jeopardy and that they must migrate to other states. This discontent is a good starting point for some imaginative, rational leader to mobilise the youth and clean up the caste politics of Bihar. That the Congress has to own up part of the blame for the present parlous state of affairs in Bihar is undeniable. The decline and decay of the Congress is its own doing. On paper, the alliance led by the BJP is racing to a majority in the assembly.