Bihar CM presents appointment letters to over 51,000 teachers

In Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday handed over appointment letters to more than 51,000 teachers recruited under the teacher recruitment examination (TRE) third phase during a function at Gandhi Maidan in Patna.These teachers had successfully cleared the TRE-3 organised by the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC). Addressing the function, Kumar said the NDA government under his leadership has given special attention to education, which was at a standstill before 2005. Kumar said after 2023, with the rollout of the new policy of teacher recruitment by BPSC, 2.68 lakh new teachers have been recruited so far. He said if numbers of around 43,000 headmasters are included, the figure of new BPSC teachers reaches 3.11 lakh.
Kumar said that he started in 2023 the process to recruit teachers through competitive examinations conducted by the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC). Since then, more than 2,50,000 teachers have been recruited in three phases. Apart from this, a large number of contractual teachers have also become regular government employees after passing the Competency Examinations. The remaining teachers working on contract have three more chances to appear in the Competency Examinations and regularise their jobs.
He took this opportunity to mount attacks on the 15 years of Lalu-Rabri rule and said that the previous government never thought about women empowerment. He said: “We have been working for upliftment of all sections of the society, with a special focus on women’s upliftment. Women have been making their presence felt in every field. A large number of women have also been appointed as teachers.”
The Chief Minister added that for the quality improvement in education, the government has adopted a policy of recruitment by BPSC instead of fixed salary teachers recruited by Panchayat Raj institutions and urban local bodies. As part of the appointment letter distribution, functions were organised at different district headquarters, where elected representatives and district magistrates handed over appointment letters to teachers.