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The University has been
re-organized to function through the following Schools of
Learning :
(i) School of Management Studies and Physical sciences.
This School looks after courses in subjects, like, Insurance
Management, Financial Management, Marketing Management, etc.
From the current session, this School has been also given
the responsibility of organising and co-ordinating Science
Courses for Intermediate and B.Sc. (Hons.) students. This
school is headed by Prof. (Dr.) Usha Singh, Retired Pro-Vice
Chancellor, Nalanda Open University. This School has so far
developed B.Sc. (Hons.) courses in Chemistry, Physics,
Biology, Zoology and Mathematics, apart from I.Sc. courses
in same subjects.
(i) School of Health and Environmental Sciences.
This School is headed by Dr. G. K. Prasad, Retired
Addl. Director, Health Services, Govt. of Bihar. This school
is responsible for designing and running courses in Hospital
Management, Environmental Sciences and
Certificate/Diploma/Degree courses in Nursing, Pharamaceutical Marketing, Radiotherapy, Radio-Diagnosis
Technologies, Pathalogical Laboratory Techniques etc.
(iii) School of Commerce and Social Sciences.
This School is headed by Prof. R. P. Singh Rahi and is
responsible for coordinating and running Post Graduate,
Graduate and Under Graduate programmes in Commerce and
Social Sciences. The subjects being offered at Post
Graduate, Graduate and Intermediate levels in Social
Sciences include subjects, like, History, Political Science,
Geography, Psychology, Economics, Sociology and Hindi etc.
The Commerce Courses are offered only at Intermediate and
Graduate levels, though there is scheme to run M.Com courses
also in very near future.
(iv) School of Indian Languages and Religions.
This School is headed by Prof. P.C. Pandey. This school is
responsible for organising courses/programmes in Indian
languages, like, Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit, Bhojpuri, Maithili,
Magahi, Urdu etc. This school has also been given the
responsibility to design and organise courses in various
religious beliefs of the people, like, Hinduism, Buddhism,
Jainism, Islam, Christianity and Sikhism, with a view to
bringing out the best of these religions and make people
aware of their contribution to society so that people of
different socio-religious background understand and
appreciate each other's view point more coherently and in a
spirit of mutual tolerance.
(v) School of Computer and Information Sciences.
This School is under over-all supervision of two computer
experts, namely, Amar Nath Panday (MCA) and Sarfaraz Alam (MCA).
Through this School, the University is imparting education
and practical training in Bachelor of Computer Application programme and a six months’ Certificate Course in Computers.
Recently, the University has introduced a four weeks’ course
in home usages of computers, on a nominal fee basis, for
laymen, senior citizens, and house-wives etc. with a view to
providing these sections of society enough knowledge and
practice of computer handling so that they can perform their
day-to-day work on-line and make use of computer for works,
like, railway reservation, banking transactions, word
processing, letter drafting, telephony, use of internet etc.
This School also coordinates post graduate, graduate and
certificate programmes in Library and Information Sciences
under the overall Honorary supervision of Dr. U. M. Thakur,
retired Prof. of Information and Library Sciences of Patna
University.
(vi) School of Teachers’ Education.
This School will be responsible for organising and imparting
education to students of M.Ed., B.Ed. and Certificate
courses in teachers’ education. NCTE (National Council
for Teacher's Education) has recently granted permission to
commence B.Ed. Course for in-service school teachers of
Bihar from the current academic session. It is a 2 Years
course.
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