ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#50 | December 10, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036
The Times of India has reported on the collaborative work of British Council and Government of Bihar.
British Council has started working with the department of education, government of Bihar on a teacher education project which aims to improve the teaching of English at secondary level in all government schools in Bihar.
The project, Bihar Language Initiative for Secondary Schools, (BLISS) funded by theDepartment for International Development of the UK (DFID) was initiated in January 2012 and runs till March 2014.
“As part of the BLISS project, we have commissioned ‘Pratham – Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) ‘ Centre to assist us in the production of a Bihar English Profile. The profile is an attempt to address research and information gaps that exist in English language teaching sector in Bihar”, said Debanjan Chakrabarti (head) English partnership (East India).
British Council aims to improve English in all Bihar schools