Nitish Kumar announces continuous notices for ‘special teachers’ in Bihar | India News – Times of India

Patna: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday said the ‘special teachers’ would continue to serve in the same school where they worked before being given the status of government employees. They would not be shifted to other places from now on, he said.
“The ‘special teachers’, as they are called after taking the competency tests, were concerned about their new posting. We have now decided that these teachers will continue to work at the present posting,” Nitish said while addressing an education department at Adhiveshan Bhavan, where he symbolically handed over appointment letters to over 1.14 lakh ‘special teachers’, who have the status from state government employee after taking the competency test a few months ago.
The CM’s announcement would provide relief to over 2.52 lakh ‘Niyojit’ teachers, who recently took the competency tests. After reappointment, these Niyojit teachers would be called ‘special teachers’ and enjoy the status of state government employees.
Addressing the ‘special teachers’, the CM further said that his government always takes decisions in the interest and benefit of the teachers. “Our government will continue to do this even in the future,” he assured the teachers.
Nitish also said that since November 2005, when he first came to power in the state, he had been working on improving education, healthcare, law and order and transport.
He said that over 3.67 lakh Niyojit teachers were appointed in the government-run schools in the financial year 2006-07 to reduce the shortage of teachers in the state. In 2023, when the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) appointed regular teachers, around 28,000 Niyojit teachers passed the commission’s exam and became regular teachers.
“In 2023 itself, the state government decided to conduct a competency test to enable Niyojit teachers to become ‘special teachers’ and attain the status of state government employees. Each Niyojit teacher is given five chances to pass the competency test. So far Two competency tests have been conducted and more than 2.52 lakh Niyojit teachers cleared the test,” Nitish said.
He further asked the education department officials to conduct the remaining three competency tests at the earliest.
Earlier on Tuesday, the state government suspended its new transfer policy for school teachers, hours after the Patna High Court directed the education department to file a reply within six weeks while hearing the writ petition of some teachers.