Patna University

ence in 1911-12 was only eighty nine. There was no provision for post-graduate teaching in any subject excepting History in that year. Off all the colleges in the Province, the Patna College (founded in 1863) alone had the privilege of teaching up to the Honours standard in Physics and Chemistry and also in usual Arts subjects. The Bihar National College (a school converted into a college in 1889) was affiliated up to the B.A. Pass standard in 1892 in general Arts subjects and up to the I.Sc. standard in Physics and Chemistry. The Greer Bhumihar Brahmin College at Muzaffarpur, (affiliated to the Calcutta University as a second grade College in 1899), the Tej Narayan Jubilee College at Bhagalpur (established in 1887) and the St. Columba’s College at Hazaribagh were the only other first grade colleges in Bihar. The Diamond Jubilee College at Monghyr (opened in 1898 to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of the Queen Victoria) was affiliated up to the I.A. standard only and had very few students. The idea of a Bihar School of Engineering originated with a fund raised by Bihar to commemorate the visit of the Prince of Wales to Patna in 1876; it was formally opened in 1896. Some effective steps were taken to make greater provision for imparting higher education to the people of Bihar, when Bihar and Orissa became a separate province. In 1912, the cadre of the Indian Educational Service included thirteen officers, namely, two Principals of Government Arts Colleges; four Professors in Government Arts Colleges; one Headmaster of a Government High School; four Inspectors of Schools; one Inspectress of Schools and one Lady Principal of the Training College for Women. In 1917, the cadre was exactly doubled. The cadre of the Provincial Educational Service on the 1st of April 1912, had thirty-three members while on 31st March 1917, it rose to fifty eight. web-http://www.facebook.com/patnauniversity.in