Patna: Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Thursday launched the ‘Bihar School Live Classes’ initiative and a free online coaching programme for JEE and NEET aspirants.
The chief minister inaugurated the ‘Bihar School Live Classes’ programme at Government Girls’ Higher Secondary School in Shastri Nagar in Patna.
Under the initiative, schools will be connected through video conferencing to a central teaching hub, enabling students to attend live classes delivered by subject experts, officials said.
“With this innovative initiative, students of government schools will now have access to live classes by expert teachers, digital study materials, modern technology-based teaching, and free, high-quality preparation for competitive exams like NEET and JEE,” the Chief Minister said in a post on X.
As part of the initiative, students from 10 selected model schools in Patna have been connected to a live teaching system, allowing them to attend classes delivered by expert faculty. The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) also formally launched its online coaching programme and the NEET-JEE preparation campaign during the event.
According to the BSEB, 266 students have enrolled for JEE coaching and 252 students for NEET coaching in the first phase. The programme will subsequently be expanded to all 155 model schools across Bihar.
Under the initiative, students will receive specialised coaching from experienced teachers, high-quality study material, regular doubt-clearing sessions, app-based interactive learning, fortnightly tests, and classes in air-conditioned smart classrooms equipped with digital boards—all free of cost.
Each model school will have four subject experts for Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology. For the pilot phase, BSEB has appointed 40 teachers across the 10 schools.
The coaching classes will run till 6 pm for girls and 7 pm for boys, enabling students to prepare for competitive examinations alongside their regular schooling.
The Chief Minister also inaugurated two smart classrooms equipped with interactive panels at the school, saying the facilities would make classroom learning more effective, engaging, and technology-driven.
In a bid to strengthen innovation, skill development and quality teaching, the state government also signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with seven voluntary organisations during the programme.
The state already operates a free residential coaching programme in Patna for meritorious Class 11 students preparing for JEE and NEET. The programme provides free coaching, accommodation, meals and specialised study material, with two batches (2025–27 and 2026–28) currently enrolled.
According to BSEB, students from the 2024–26 batch performed well in JEE Main and JEE Advanced, with 15 students qualifying JEE Advanced 2026 and becoming eligible for admission to IITs.
Apart from the residential programme, Bihar also runs non-residential coaching centres in nine divisional headquarters—Patna, Muzaffarpur, Chhapra, Darbhanga, Saharsa, Purnea, Bhagalpur, Munger and Gaya—through smart classrooms connected to expert teachers.
Students enrolled in these centres receive free study material, assistance with admission to affiliated educational institutions and a scholarship of Rs 1,000 per month for two years (Rs 24,000 in total).
Citing the success of the existing coaching initiatives and increasing student demand, the Bihar government said it has decided to extend free JEE and NEET coaching to all model schools in the state, aiming to improve access to quality competitive exam preparation for students studying in government schools.
