gaya renowned educationist prof ranjit verma regrets the failure of bihar students to avail e learning facilities and take advantage of learning material available in e text books verma professor of chemistry in magadh university presently on leave working as pro vc of patna university told toi that high quality interactive etext books based on ugc syllabi are available free of cost on internetthe students including those from bihar can not only read the standard books on computer but excel through self study using the multimedia and audio visual simulations etcthis poor response is being reflected in the user registration on the ugcs inflibnet website epgpinflibnetacin under this scheme 500 to 550 modules are available on different topics of any subject each of the 71 subjects covered under this mega project is divided into 16 papers from the faculties of arts humanities languages engineering technology life sciences medical health sciences social sciences and basic and physical sciencesunder the rs 84 cr mega project of nmeict national mission on education through ict mhrd goi ebooks on dozens of subjects have been releasedverma the authorcoordinator of one such e book an msc standard chemistry text book said that econtents can be accessed free of cost in the 19 modules of the paper but for availing multimedia and interactive sessions facilities like that in a virtual class room one has to get registered and registration is done free of costcommenting on the indifference of bihar students in e learning methods prof arun kumar prasad vice principal mg college gaya said that one reason why bihar students lag behind in e learning opportunities is that such learning requires a strong base with good understanding of the fundamentalsunfortunately bihar students for nearly four decades now have been deprived of quality education at the school and college level prasad suggested production of e mode programmes specifically designed to cater to the requirements of bihar students bihar students need extra support said prasadmoreover students with economically disadvantaged sections are not computer friendly enough to take advantage of e learning opportunities available to thempoor but promising students have to be provided lap topsgood quality tablets and high speed internet connectivity to benefit from e learning opportunities such facilities if properly administered can do lot of good to bihar students as faculty shortage in the universities of the state has already reached a critical stage and a large number of working teachers do not update themselves with the latest in their respective fields of specialisation commented prasad