BIHAR-GOV-016
Digital infrastructure in Bihar government schools
ICT labs, smart classrooms and internet connectivity in Bihar government schools teaching Grade VI and above, as reported to Parliament from UDISE+ 2024-25, together with what has been approved but not yet delivered.
Good to know: Bihar is above the national average on school internet connectivity and below it on ICT labs and smart classrooms.
Reported figures (7)
Each figure is marked as an official statistic, a government claim or a target
| Measure | Figure | As of | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Government schools teaching Grade VI and above UDISE+ 2024-25. The denominator for the shares below. | 38,355 schools | Official statistic | Rajya Sabha (Ministry of Education), Starred Q. 200 | |
Schools with an ICT lab 18.9% of Bihar's schools, against 33.8% nationally. | 7,240 schools | Official statistic | Rajya Sabha (Ministry of Education), Starred Q. 200 | |
Schools with a smart classroom 24.4% of Bihar's schools, against 46.4% nationally. | 9,360 schools | Official statistic | Rajya Sabha (Ministry of Education), Starred Q. 200 | |
Schools with internet connectivity 85.8% of Bihar's schools, against 65.9% nationally. This is the one measure on which Bihar is ahead. | 32,923 schools | Official statistic | Rajya Sabha (Ministry of Education), Starred Q. 200 | |
ICT labs approved for Bihar in FY 2025-26 | 1,459 schools | Target, not a result | Rajya Sabha (Ministry of Education), Starred Q. 200 | |
Smart classrooms approved for Bihar in FY 2025-26 | 6,113 schools | Target, not a result | Rajya Sabha (Ministry of Education), Starred Q. 200 | |
Bihar schools in BSNL fibre-to-the-home phase 1 | 1,694 schools | Target, not a result | Rajya Sabha (Ministry of Education), Starred Q. 200 |
What's confirmed
6 sourced facts
- UDISE+ 2024-25 records 38,355 Bihar government schools teaching Grade VI and above, of which 7,240 have an ICT lab, 9,360 have a smart classroom and 32,923 have internet connectivity.
- Against national figures of 33.8% for ICT labs, 46.4% for smart classrooms and 65.9% for internet, Bihar is well below on the first two and well above on the third.
- For FY 2025-26, 1,459 ICT labs and 6,113 smart classrooms were approved for Bihar, and 627 of each were approved in 2024-25 for Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas.
- The Bihar tenant of the DIKSHA platform reports 12.23 lakh registered users, about 15,083 average daily active users over three months, 50.02 crore sessions, 621.73 crore learning minutes, 268 digital textbooks and 7,121 e-content items.
- Bihar was allotted five PM eVidya television channels, numbered BR PM eVIDYA 63 to 67.
- The reply was asked specifically about AI-based education in Bihar. It names no Bihar-specific AI programme, curriculum, teacher-training number or AI lab count. Every AI item it names is a nationwide feature available in Bihar rather than a Bihar initiative.
Still to be confirmed
5 open questions
- How many of the approved ICT labs, smart classrooms and fibre connections have actually been delivered. The approvals above are targets.
- The question's own premise gave materially different figures from the ministry's answer, most starkly about 16% internet connectivity against the ministry's 85.8%. Both are recorded here with separate attribution and neither is preferred.
- The DIKSHA usage figures are platform statistics reported by the ministry rather than audited measures of learning, and are recorded as a government claim in substance.
- Whether any Bihar-specific AI curriculum exists in schools. A separate Rajya Sabha question of 5 August 2026 asked outright for the number of AI and robotics labs in Bihar and whether one AI School of Excellence per district was proposed, and the reply answered neither, deflecting to state responsibility.
- Bihar's share of the 570 Data and AI labs under the national IndiaAI FutureSkills programme. No state-wise breakdown has been given to Parliament.
Sources (2)
Who reported it, when, and what they cover
| Publisher | Published | Covers | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
Rajya Sabha (Ministry of Education), Starred Q. 200 Parliament |
| No public link | |
Rajya Sabha (Ministry of Education), Unstarred Q. 1970 Parliament |
| No public link |