patna imagine the most desirable solution immediately required to prevent the annual flight of around two lakh students to other states either for technical coaching or for admissions in technical institutes to secure engineering degrees extremely puzzling could be the answer with a little more qualification no idea for mindboggling it indeed isas on date the state would require 350 each of engineering colleges and polytechnic institutes in the state over its existing such institutes at a investment of around rs 50000 crore to stop the flight of such students this and other such facts would come to light when the states science and technology st department would present its roadmap at a meeting with cm nitish kumar sometime this monththe roadmap of the department is under preparation said a senior official of the department adding it with some further suggestions will serve as the guiding reference point for the department to function to devise its future plans and activities one cant give the timeframe for the complete turnaround of the state so that it really becomes a hub for technical educationotherwise since every student going out for coaching and admissions spends rs 2 lakh per year on an average the total money going out from the state is to the tune of around rs 400 crore per yeargiven the nature of the problem the number of available polytechnic and engineering colleges is just a drop in the ocean said another senior official of the science and tech departmentas on date the plan is to open four new engineering colleges in the government sector at chhapra sitamarhi madhepura and begusarai at a cost of around rs 1000 crore over the next couple of years besides the department has also planned to open 28 new polytechnic institutes at present the state has 17 engineering colleges excluding the national institute of technology nit and iit patnato promote investment both governmental and private to open engineering colleges in the state the government last year announced the opening of its centralized aryabhatta knowledge university aku to give affiliation to engineering colleges in the private sector and to influence the curricula and other affairs of governments engineering colleges governments engineering colleges are in near anarchic state not in terms of law and order problem but for the fact that they are affiliated to various universities which have no uniform curriculum commensurate with the knowledge demanded by market needsaccordingly the cms interactive meet with the departments officials during the presentation of its roadmap for the future development would be an eyeopener regarding the governments real perspective on the engineering and technology education