BPSC invites applications
TRE-4: BPSC invites online application from Sept 25
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Patna — The notice says online applications can be filed from September 25 to October 26 and
the exam fee can also be submitted within that period. Earlier, applications were invited from September | but were put on hold following changes in the examination pattern.
The new examination schedule also follows a pivotal change in the hiring examination format. On August 27, after a long student agitation, the government relented to their demand for a one-phase examination for TRE-4 instead of a two-tier system, and a single
result for a single candiprominent issue before the date, unlike earlier when one 2025 assembly elections but it candidate qualified for multikept getting delayed for several ple posts. reasons, including the demand
This TRE-4 will also be the to conduct the Secondary firstexam for teachers after the Teachers' Eligibility Test implementation of the domicile | (STET) before TRE-4. The STET policy. In a pre-election was eventually held in Octoberannouncement, former chief November 2025 and another minister Nitish Kumar had _ one is set to be held. announced preference for In TRE-1 & 2, 170,000 and domicile in teacher recruit70,000 teachers were ment in August. appointed, while in TRE-3, only
TRE-4 has been pending for 66,603 out of 87,774 vacancies a long time and became a_ could be filled.
About the Author
Arun Kumar is a veteran journalist and Associate Editor with Hindustan Times, based in Patna. For more than three and a half decades, his reporting has chronicled Bihar's complex political landscape, university and educational reforms, landmark judicial rulings of the Patna High Court, administrative governance, and social shifts across the state. Known for deep investigative reporting and source-grounded accountability journalism, he is a recipient of the prestigious K.C. Kulish Journalism Award and the Keshav Bhatt Journalism Award, and is an LDM Fellow.