The AEDP program will transform the landscape of higher education in Bihar; graduates will receive on-the-job training alongside their degrees. AEDP program will change the face of higher education in Bihar, on-job training will be available along with bachelor’s degree.

A very wonderful and historic news has come out on the higher education and career front for the college students of Bihar. The government has taken a very revolutionary step to directly link higher education in the state with employment and corporate sector. Now students studying in universities of Bihar will be able to acquire on-job specialization in their main subject along with traditional graduation studies.

Under this new system, students will not only get bookish knowledge but will also get a chance to do practical training i.e. apprenticeship by going to companies and factories. Lok Bhavan (Raj Bhavan) has given green signal to ‘Undergraduate Apprenticeship Embedded Degree Programme’ (AEDP) for this. This entire system is going to be implemented effectively from this new session 2026. In the initial phase, it is being started in four selected universities of the state and in the coming time it will be expanded to other universities also.

Governor approves 4 year graduation, it will start from these 4 universities

The way for this new embedded program has been cleared after the approval of the Four Year Undergraduate Program (FYUGP) under the ‘National Education Policy’ (NEP) by the Governor cum Chancellor of Bihar, Syed Ata Hasnain. Under this, students will be able to learn to work in companies during their regular degree, which will make it easier for them to get a job immediately after completing their studies.

The names of the four big universities which have been selected for this scheme in the first phase are as follows:

1. Patna University

2. Patliputra University

3. Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University (TMBU)

4. BRA Bihar University (BRABU, Muzaffarpur)

Opportunity to earn while studying, courses will be based on UGC guidelines

The most unique and biggest feature of this embedded course will be that the students will have got a good practical experience of working in the industry by the time they get their graduation degree. To run this arrangement smoothly, a tripartite MoU will be signed between the concerned universities, relevant industries (companies) and the government.

This will develop the skills of the students, increase their confidence and they will get better job opportunities as per the global market. In the official notification issued by Raj Bhavan, it has been made clear that all these AEDP courses will be conducted in full accordance with the ‘Apprenticeship Embedded Degree Program Guidelines’ of the University Grants Commission (UGC).

Lok Bhavan approved these 7 new employment oriented courses

On the instructions of the Governor, Additional Chief Secretary of Education Department Deepak Kumar Singh has issued a detailed notification in this regard. Lok Bhavan has approved a total of 7 such modern and job-oriented courses from this session, which will be available to students of different streams:

Under the New Education Policy (NEP), this initiative of the Raj Bhavan and the state government is being considered a milestone in the direction of making the higher education of Bihar more practical, modern and completely employable. With this, general students studying non-technical (traditional BA, B.Com, B.Sc) subjects will also be able to directly benefit from big national programs like National Apprenticeship Training Scheme (NATS).