Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday distributed appointment letters to newly appointed academics at a perform on the Gandhi Maidan. They had been a part of the recent recruitment of 51389 academics by way of the third part of academics’ recruitment examination (TRE-3) performed by the Bihar Public Service Fee (BPSC).
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary throughout the distribution of appointment letters to newly appointed academics, in Patna, Sunday, March 9, 2025.(PTI)
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Over 10000 academics from throughout the state gathered on the Gandhi Maidan, whereas for the remaining related programmes had been organised of their respective districts and blocks. Kumar was accompanied by Deputy CMs Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary, each minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav training minister Sunil Kumar and extra chief secretary (training) S Siddharth.
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Talking on the event, Kumar mentioned that aside from 268548 appointment of latest academics in three phases, 42918 had additionally cleared the examination for headmasters, whereas 253961 academics earlier appointed by way of panchayati Raj establishments (PRIs) and concrete native our bodies (ULBs) had additionally certified to get the federal government worker standing.
“Now just 86039 teachers appointed through PRIs and ULBs remain to clear a simple exam to avail the government employee status. As a result, the portion of state budget earmarked for education has touched 22% and it would go further up. The girls are also coming forward in a big way to bring about gender parity in education. Earlier government did nothing. Nobody even ventured out after dusk. That is why we had to work a lot for improving education as well as social climate from the scratch,” he added.
Kumar mentioned proper from the very starting, training, particularly that for ladies, was the principle focus of the federal government and lots of incentives, be it within the type of cycle scheme, costume scheme, scholarships and monetary help, had been given and the optimistic affect had been conspicuous.
With employment technology being the first focus of the Nitish authorities on this time period and an enormous ballot subject since 2020 state elections, the recent rounds of recruitment would take the whole variety of academics and HMs appointed since January 2024 previous three-lakh and the whole power to 6 lakh.
Within the first part 120336 and within the second part 96823 academics had been appointed within the state authorities’s quest for offering 12-lakh authorities jobs and generated over 30-lakh employment alternatives within the state to grab the initiative from the Opposition, which has been claiming credit score for making joblessness an enormous subject within the poll-bound state.
One of many main advantages of the large-scale appointments is that the pupil: instructor ratio (PTR) within the state, as per the federal government figures, has now come right down to 32:1. The Nationwide Training Coverage (NEP), 2020 goals to make sure PTR of beneath 30:1 in all faculties, whereas areas with massive variety of kids from deprived teams will try for 25:1. Bihar has lastly reached a stage from the place it could obtain the goal to deal with high quality training.
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In response to a query from Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien in Rajya Sabha on February 7 this yr, the Centre had replied that the PTR in 2021-22 was 53 in main faculties, 23 in higher main, 54 in secondary and 62 in greater secondary faculties of Bihar, whereas 5127 faculties had been single instructor faculties out of 117285 such faculties throughout the nation. Now, with practically three-lakh new academics, the PTR within the state has improved considerably.
One other achievement of recruitment of academics by way of BPSC and giving them authorities worker standing has been improved wage and higher service situations to them, which has drawn higher certified academics even from the less-paying personal faculties and set a brand new benchmark of wage. Earlier, academics appointed by way of panchayati Raj system and concrete native our bodies to fill massive scale vacancies in faculties publish 2005 obtained a meagre wage they usually usually protested for prescribed pay-scale to them.
The parliamentary affairs minister hit out on the RJD for making an attempt to take credit score for the appointments. “The reality is that as long as there was RJD minister in the department, he proved a stumbling block and it was only after he stopped going to the department, the process, which was planned when I was the education minister, could commence,” he added.
Talking on the event, the training minister mentioned that beneath the management of Nitish Kumar, faculties had reworked from what it was in 2005 when he had taken over the reins of the state. “With 20% of the state budget going to education, now Bihar has plenty of resources and over six-lakh teachers,” he added.
Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha mentioned that the position of academics was invaluable as, they had been concerned with human growth, which was important for nation constructing. “No other profession can contribute in society and nation building like teachers and that is being a teacher begets a lot of social responsibility,” he added.
Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary mentioned that Nitish Kumar had reworked a devastated Bihar right into a progressive Bihar. “It is a historic day. Today under Nitish government, the number of teachers has gone past six lakh. The CM has also announced to give 50-lakh employment opportunities and government jobs by 2025, which is a big thing,” he added.