35000 teachers to be appointed soon in Bihar schools

Patna, June 30, 2022: Bihar education Minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary said in the Vidhan Sabha on Wednesday that more than 35000 teachers and physical education and health instructors (physical teachers) will be recruited soon.  He said 30000 teachers will be recruited in higher secondary schools by July. There will be an eligibility test for the recruitment of 5000 posts of instructor. Replying on behalf of the government on the demand of supplementary budget in the house, the minister tabled the expenditure on education and the efforts of the government.

He told the House that process was on to give appointment letters to 30000 teachers but due to the matter in the court, the recruitment programme had to be changed. Now a new programme has been released. By the end of July, 30000 posts of secondary-higher secondary teachers will be appointed. About 8386 posts of Physical Education and Health Instructor have been sanctioned. There is one post in each middle school. About 1500 instructors have been appointed. Rest is under process. We are going to make arrangements for the appointment of qualified candidates of physical education. 

Meanwhile opposition parties including RJD staged walk out from the House demanding a resolution in the House against the Agnipath scheme implemented by the union government. 

Photo caption: MLAs of the opposition parties staged demonstration outside Bihar Assembly in Patna on June 29, 2022. 

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui