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In Bihar, teachers from first to 12th class will now be reinstated through the commission. For this, the commission will conduct examination. Any candidate will be able to appear in the examination maximum three times. Which commission will get the responsibility of conducting the exam, the state government will decide later. It may be known that since 2006, teachers were being appointed in the state through gram panchayats and municipal bodies. After 17 years, a major change has been made in it. The Bihar State School Teacher (Appointment, Transfer, Disciplinary Action and Service Conditions) Rules, 2023 were approved in the state cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday. Soon after this, the education department has also issued its notification.
It has been clarified in the new rules that only those who have passed CTET and BTET (Bihar Teacher Eligibility Test) will be able to appear in the examination conducted by the commission. Also, only permanent residents of Bihar will be able to apply. Pre-employed teachers will also be able to appear in this exam if they wish. For this, they will get conditional relaxation in age limit up to a maximum of 10 years. The new appointment rules have come into effect from Monday itself. After today, the appointment of any teacher will be done only through the examination of the commission. Teachers appointed through the commission will be called employees of the state government. It may be known that till now teachers were appointed through Gram Panchayat and Municipal bodies. It has also been clarified in the rules that it will not be mandatory for teachers appointed and working before the year 2012, who pass the efficiency test, to pass the teacher eligibility test.
50 percent reservation for women
Like before, in this rule also, women will get 50 percent reservation in the appointment of teachers of classes I to VIII. Apart from this, the provisions of reservation implemented by the General Administration Department will also be applicable in this. Under this, women will get 35 percent reservation from ninth to 12th. Now there will be district cadre of teachers, but inter-district transfer of teachers will also be possible.
Age: The minimum age of primary and middle school teacher candidates will be 18 years on August 1 and the minimum age of secondary and higher secondary schools will be 21 years. Category wise maximum age limit will be the same, which will be provisioned by the state government from time to time. Trained candidates who have passed the eligibility test in the past will have a maximum relaxation of 10 years in the first equal treatment of appointment, but the state government will separately apply for relaxation of the maximum age limit for the teachers appointed and working under Panchayati Raj Institution and Municipal Body. Will take a decision
compassionate appointment
In case of death of school teachers appointed under these rules, a separate provision will be made regarding the compassionate appointment of their dependents.
The department will send the list of posts to the commission
For direct appointment to the post of teachers, the education department will calculate the vacant posts at the district level and send the list to the commission along with roster clearance. In the light of the requisition of the department, the commission will issue advertisement. The appointment will be done in the light of the recommendation made on the basis of the examination conducted by the Commission.
Commission will appoint three lakh
The posts of about three lakh teachers of various categories are vacant in the state. In this way, now these posts will be appointed through the commission. On the other hand, since the year 2006 till now, more than four and a half lakh teachers have been appointed through gram panchayats and municipal bodies.
Questions were constantly being raised on the recruitment process
Many questions were being raised on the recruitment process through gram panchayats and municipal bodies implemented since 2006. There was also a demand for change in this. The biggest problem was that all the panchayats and municipal bodies were separate units, due to which a candidate used to submit applications at dozens of places in a single recruitment process. On the day of counselling, the candidates could not understand in which unit they should appear. Due to this, there were many problems in selection and then appointment. Also, panchayat and body representatives were accused of irregularities. The planning unit did not provide documents for verification of certificates.
State employees’ dearness allowance increased by four percent
Dearness allowance of state government employees and pensioners has been increased from 38 percent to 42 percent. This will come into force with effect from January 1, 2023. The state cabinet has given its approval. This decision will cost the state government an additional Rs 1,690 crore annually. More than 7.5 lakh workers in the state will get its benefit.
Now 10 thousand crores for Bihar Contingency Fund
The permanent work (fund) of the Bihar Contingency Fund, which was 350 crores, has been temporarily increased to 10 thousand crores till March 30, 2024 in the financial year 2023-24. It may be known that half the amount of this item is spent in disaster management and relief.
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