Badri Narayan Mukteshwar College, Barahiya is the oldest institution of higher
learning in the district of Lakhisarai, rendering services for last 56 years the college was
established in 1958 with the sole objective to impart Quality education to the students of the
area at tertiary level. Late Badri Narayan Mukteshwar, have a dream to open a higher
learning institute for the student of rural area. After the death of Badri Narayan, the dream of
opening a college at rural area, work was actualized with active cooperation and hard work
of social workers of Barhiya. The chief objective of the college since its inception has been
to shape the young minds with the urge for creativity sprit of tolerance and scientific temper,
to cope with changing needs of the society and economy.
In the beginning, college was affiliated to Bihar University and letter to Tilka Manjhi
Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur. In the beginning college have only arts faculty and in
1968 college started science faculty.
B.N.M College, Barhiya offers three year degree programme in Science and Arts. The
syllabi for the three year degree programme are settled by the Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur
University, Bhagalpur. Students in degree classes (B.Sc. & B.A.) can offer one of the
subjects for their Honours course and shall have to opt for two more subjects as subsidiary.
For example, a student intending to study degree course with honour in science can offers
Physics/Chemistry/ Mathematics/Botany/Zoology for Honours course and study any two of
the aforesaid subjects consisting of 100 marks each as subsidiary. Likewise a student of Art
can offer Political Science/History/Economics/Philosophy/Mathematics (Arts),
Hindi/English/ for Honours Course and would study two more of the aforesaid subjects
consisting of 100 works each as subsidiary. In addition, the student of degree classes must
either opt for a full paper (100) marks in Hindi or a half paper (50) marks in Hindi and the
other half in English.
