Patna: Bihar’s education department has announced a major restructuring of academic support for government schools, bringing all primary, middle, secondary and senior secondary schools, along with Anganwadi centres, under newly formed Complex Resource Centres at the panchayat level.
The move, aligned with recommendations of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, involves the reorganisation of nearly 9,000 existing cluster resource centres. According to the department, Complex Resource Centres have been set up in all 8,827 panchayats and 75 nagar panchayats across the state.
Each centre will function as a local academic hub to promote collaboration among schools within a panchayat. The senior-most teacher of the middle school located in the panchayat has been appointed as the coordinator, responsible for academic guidance and oversight.
Officials said the centres are intended to facilitate the sharing of resources, expertise and infrastructure among government schools and Anganwadi centres, strengthen peer learning among teachers and address classroom-level challenges to improve learning outcomes.
To make the centres operational, monthly academic meetings will be held for teachers, while coordinators will also conduct school visits to offer feedback and monitor teaching practices. Meetings will take place every Saturday from 12pm to 3pm, following a fixed monthly roster.
Under the schedule, teachers of classes 1 to 3 will meet on the first Saturday of the month. The second Saturday will be reserved for teachers of classes 3 and 4, along with those unable to attend the first meeting. Language teachers—Hindi, English, Sanskrit, Urdu and social science—from middle and high schools will meet on the third Saturday, while mathematics and science teachers will meet on the fourth Saturday. A fifth Saturday, when applicable, will be used for school visits and additional meetings by coordinators.
The agenda for meetings will be decided in advance by teachers and will focus strictly on academic issues and classroom practices. Matters related to school management, appointments, transfers or infrastructure will not be discussed, the department said.
Each session will be coordinated by an expert teacher, democratically elected from the relevant group, who will also be responsible for preparing minutes of the meeting. Teachers will develop monthly academic plans for their schools, and those demonstrating innovative practices will be formally recognised.
Education officials said the initiative is expected to strengthen grassroots-level academic support and foster a culture of collaboration among teachers across Bihar’s government school system.
