Bihar primary teachers recruitment for 94000 vacant posts to begin from June 15; Get all details here

Bihar education department will start appointing primary teachers for 94000 posts, BTET and CTET qualified candidates can apply from June 15.

Bihar education department has released a notification on Monday regarding the appointment of primary teachers for 94000 vacant posts, candidates who have already cleared CTET or BTET and completed the 18-month D.El.Ed programme can apply from June 15, last date of application is July 14.

As per report, the first merit list will be published by July 23 and the recruitment process completed by August 31 upon verification of documents.

Bihar government has issued the order following the Patna High Court order relating the validity granted to the D.El.Ed (open distance learning) programme through the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE).

The recruitment order was previously issued by Bihar Education department in August 2019. The order was on hold due to primary education directorate letter denying eligibility to candidates having 18-month D.El.Ed programme citing NCTE norms was challenged in the HC. After a recent verdict by Patna High Court in January in favour of the candidates, terming the letter of education directorate “illegal, unsustainable and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution”, Bihar education department has decided to proceed with the recruitment.

It is known that nearly three lakh teachers had enrolled for 18-month DLEd programme of NIOS, however, it is not clear how many of them have cleared BTET or CTET.