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Bihar to Recruit 100,000 Teachers Over Five Years

The move seeks to regularize annual hiring, prioritize local postings to reduce transfer hardship, generate income for women through Jeevika uniform contracts,

Overview

  • Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary announced on Friday that the state will hire 100,000 teachers over five years, targeting roughly 20,000 appointments each year.
  • The government directed that recruitment advertisements be issued every July to make hiring more regular and predictable for candidates and schools.
  • The Chief Minister ordered the Education Department to draft a transparent transfer policy that aims to place women teachers in panchayats near their home panchayat and male teachers in blocks adjoining their home block within the same district.
  • The state will route school uniform procurement through Jeevika self‑help groups to speed distribution and create income opportunities for women involved in those groups.
  • The announcements follow sustained protests by BPSC TRE‑4 aspirants and statements from Education Minister Mithilesh Tiwari that TRE‑4 preparations were in final stages, but no immediate TRE‑4 notification was published in the review meeting outcomes.