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Bihar Education Department Minister Sunil Kumar connected Monday (December 29, 2025) said that shortcomings were recovered successful the substance Ashok Choudhary owed to which his assignment arsenic Assistant Professor has been enactment connected hold.
Sources said that owed to the discrepancy implicit his name, the assignment of Mr. Choudhary who is simply a Minister successful the Bihar authorities has been withheld. Last twelvemonth successful June, helium was selected for the station of Assistant Professor successful Political Science astatine Pataliputra University.
Mr. Choudhary had cleared Bihar State University Service Commission (BSUSC) recruitment exam and pursuing the interrogation helium was selected arsenic 1 of 274 candidates.
“His substance has been referred to the commission, which volition springiness its sentiment and inquiry. After receiving the list, we did the reappraisal pursuing which we sought the sentiment of the commission,” Mr. Kumar said portion addressing the property successful Patna.
Asked astir the discrepancies successful his assignment Mr. Kumar further said, “There were immoderate shortcomings and successful definite matters we reappraisal it minutely and aft uncovering the differences we person sought the commission’s opinion.”
Sources said that during the scrutiny, 2 antithetic names were recovered successful his acquisition certificates and predetermination affidavit.
Mr. Kumar besides announced that the requisition for assignment of schoolhouse teachers done Teacher Recruitment Examination (TRE)-4 volition beryllium sent by January 14 to the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC).
The State authorities has, truthful far, appointed 2,27,195 teachers successful authorities schools successful 3 phases done BPSC which is an illustration successful itself, Mr. Kumar said.
“There has been a hold of 3-4 months successful sending requisition to BPSC for assignment of teachers done TRE-4 due to the fact that the officials (of acquisition department) were engaged successful assembly polls. Now the roster has been cleared and we volition surely nonstop the requisition to the BPSC betwixt January 10 and 14 (2026),” Mr. Kumar said.
The Minister was accompanied by the department’s Additional Chief Secretary B. Rajender, Secretary Dinesh Kumar, Director of Higher Education N.K. Agarwal, Director (Administration) Manoranjan Kumar and different elder officials.
He besides announced that authorities volition name 5500 librarians successful the State. The State authorities has already sent the requisition for assignment of 7000 “special teachers” for “differently abled children”, helium said and added that it is the work of the authorities to instrumentality attraction of these children.
Highlighting his authorities achievements of what it achieved successful the past 2 decades nether Nitish Kumar’s leadership, Mr. Kumar said that the fig of teachers, students, and fund size has accrued manifold too improving the pupil-teacher ratio from 65:1 successful 2005 to 29:1 successful 2025.
“Education department’s fund accrued to ₹72,652.44 crore successful the existent fiscal twelvemonth from a paltry fund of ₹4341 crore. The fig of teachers astir tripled to 5.87 lakh successful 78,000 schools successful 2025 from 2.04 lakh successful 2005. There are 1.76 crore children studying successful authorities schools portion 20 lakh students are studying successful backstage schools of the State,“ helium added.
He asserted that percent of retired of schoolhouse children has declined to 1% from 12.5% successful 2005.
“The State has witnessed tremendous summation successful its literacy complaint which is evident from the information that the antheral literacy complaint has accrued to 84.91% successful 2023 from 71.20% successful 2011 (census) whereas pistillate literacy complaint excessively has accrued to 73.91% successful 2023 from 51.50% successful 2011 (census).
In effect to a query connected strict implementation of 25% seats that are reserved for children belonging to economically weaker sections successful backstage schools, the Minister said that this comes nether Right to Education (RTE) which volition beryllium strictly implemented from adjacent session.
