affiliated with either the Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE), or the Bihar School Examination Board. English is the medium of instruction in most private schools; though government run schools offer both English and Hindi. The Sainik School prepares boys for entry into the National Defence Academy. After completing their secondary education, which involves ten years of schooling, students typically enroll at Higher Secondary School in one of the three streams—Arts, Commerce or Science. Economy In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Gopalganj one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the 38 districts in Bihar currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF). Transport NH 28 passes through Gopalganj one can find the multiple buses for commuting in state and other state. Siwan Junction railway station is the main railway station for Gopalganj. Thawe station also serves local passenger other small station: Hathua Road, Sasamusa, Sipaya-(Serves Kuchaikote, Khutwania, Dubey Khariya, Vinod Khariya and nearby Villages), and Tamkuhi Road. Sabeya Airport, Jay Prakash Narayan Airport Patna and Mahayogi Gorakhnath Airport, Gorakhpur are the nearest commercial airports. Notable people Mukesh Kumar (cricketer) Ram Dulari Sinha of Indian National Congress, freedom fighter, former Union-Minister and Former Governor of Kerala, and freedom fighter, first Women to attain master's degree from Bihar and the first woman from Bihar to become Governor Abdul Ghafoor, former Chief Minister of Bihar, 1973 to 1975 Lalu Prasad Yadav, former Chief Minister of Bihar and former Rail Minister of India Rabri Devi, thrice Chief Minister of Bihar, wife of Laloo Prasad Yadav U. K. Sinha, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Anurag Kumar, Director, IISc. Pankaj Tripathi, actor Subhash Singh (politician), Politician. Janak Ram, Politician. Amrendra Kumar Pandey, Politician. Shambhu Sharan Shrivastava, Politician References External links Official website Districts of Bihar Saran division