Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University University, Muzaffarpur is one of the 45 academic staff colleges established in different parts of the country in 1987 following the programme of action of the National Policy of Education (N.P.E). Subsequently, six more A.S.C’s were established raising the total number of A.S.C to 51 at the turn of the century. Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University, popularly known as B. R. Ambedkar Bihar University, is a public university located in the north prime of Bihar state in the city of Muzaffarpur in India. Established in 1960, this university has 39 constituent colleges. Distance education courses
Education in Bihar and collapsing education system in the state. From the British times, Bihar has had a system of district schools (called Zila schools), located at of the older districts of Bihar. In addition, there were private and semi aided schools which were run and administered by local village communities. Several of them were known for their high quality education. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the state government took over management of most privately run schools. This adversely affected school education in the state since the state government was ill equipped to manage the schools through its bureaucrats who were