Overview
- The Bihar Public Service Commission issued an official notice dated Monday, Aug 31, deferring the online application process that had been due to open on September 1 for the fourth phase of the Teacher Recruitment Examination.
- The postponement affects recruitment for 32,388 vacant school teacher posts across primary to higher secondary levels and will pause all registration activity until a revised timetable is published.
- The BPSC's notice gave
- as the reason and offered no detail about which internal steps or rules changed, leaving candidates and stakeholders without clarity on how long the delay will last.
- Student aspirants in Patna had staged protests pressing for clarity and several opposition leaders publicly supported demonstrators, a sequence of events that was noted in agency coverage of the postponement.
- Candidates are advised to monitor the official BPSC website for the updated Advertisement No. 14/2026 and avoid relying on unofficial timelines; the pause comes as the Bihar government plans larger teacher hiring over coming years to fill long‑running staff gaps.