The Department of Education was established in 2007 with the permission of State Govt. of Bihar & Chancellor's Secretariat(Raj Bhawan). It has B.Ed, M.Ed & Ph.D Programmes. The regulation of the programmes has been prepared and finalized by the statutory bodies of the University and approved by the Inter University Board (Bihar) and asserted to His Excellency the Governor-cum-Chancellor of Universities of Bihar.
The Department of Education, Magadh University, BodhGaya is imparting teaching - learning and facilitating research work since its inception. The Department is marching ahead in the stewardship of our Vice chancellor Prof. (Dr.) Md. Ishtiyaque and is well equipped with Hi-tech class rooms, different labs, Seminar Hall , Conference Room, enriched library with reading room, & ICT lab contributes to a state of art infrastructure transforming the department in an international site of facilitating and constructing knowledge.
It aims at producing quality teachers to form a learning society as because quality teachers imply quality education and the same education determines virtue of life of people in a society. the Department is committed to quality, excellence and standard in teacher education. We are on the way to be recognized as the centre of excellence in teacher education.
Education Department with its exceptional infrastructure and competent faculties will contribute constructively towards preparing professionally efficient teachers worthy to learn, earn and serve the society. It is an honest effort for imparting teacher-education in Bihar. to play s decisive role as a teacher in an emerging India, our teacher-trainees will be strong enough to face the challenges. above all, we initiate the teacher trainees to be skillful, competent, responsive, innovative and constructive. Our procedure, system, pedagogy, faculty and infrastructure are totally geared towards helping the trainees so that they can achieve their goals of becoming an ideal teacher. There are more than 80 B.Ed. Colleges running under the guidance of this department.