ABSTRACT
The Commission commenced its work from September 10, 2006 and submitted its Report to the Chief Minister on June 8, 2007. Since the establishment of a common school system in Bihar was the central objective underlying the work of the Commission, it will be useful at the very outset, to summarize in brief its views on the concept, content, rationale and scope of Common School System (CSS). It is recalled in the Commission's Report that in India, the adoption of a CSS was first recommended by the Kothari Commission, subsequently endorsed by a number of other commissions and committees, and twice approved unanimously by the Indian Parliament. When the Commission started its work, it found that Bihar had 13 school types, in terms of the grades taught. It encountered a bewildering variety of practices of providing salaries and emoluments followed by the bewildering variety of schools operated in Bihar by different departments, agencies and entities.
