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"Education should be for knowledge and not for getting degrees", said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday as he delivered the Indira Sinha memorial lecture. He promised qualitative changes in the system to achieve this target.

The CM said that despite spending 20-26 percent of the budget on education the demands have not stopped. He also added that people wanted degrees only, when he spoke about the education system in Bihar. 

The photographs of students using unfair means at matriculation exam were accepted by the CM as international defamation of Bihar. He was seen endorsing Education Minister P.K Shahi's statement that no government could stop it without the parent's support but rued that people were not ready to take it in the right spirits. 

Nitish commented on the internet, saying it spoils children's language and urged people to use pens, while also praising the use of information technology and internet in our lives. 

The CM during his speech mentioned the upcoming state elections. He said, "This is an election year and many people can promise moon." Later when he was asked about the elections, he said, "I will face it whenever it is held." as reported by TOI. 

P.K Shahi appreciated the CM for taking initiatives in the field of education and said the change of guard at the Centre affects the educations system in the state as well.

source: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/