BPSC TRE-4.0 Recruitment 2026: Complete Guide to 32,388 School Teacher Posts OPEN

the notification is out, but the application window has already been postponed once — originally expected to open 1 September 2026, it’s now rescheduled to begin 21 September 2026. What’s confirmed: vacancy count, eligibility, pay scale, and the full two-stage selection scheme. What’s still pending: the exact application closing date (currently listed as “to be announced”), and both the Preliminary and Main Exam dates, none of which BPSC has fixed yet.

The Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) released Advertisement No. 14/2026 on 18 August 2026, launching the fourth phase of its Teacher Recruitment Examination (TRE-4.0), covering 32,388 School Teacher posts across four school levels — Primary, Middle, Secondary, and Higher Secondary — under the Education Department, Government of Bihar.

Overview

The Application Timeline Has Already Shifted Once — Worth Watching Closely

This is worth flagging directly rather than glossing over. BPSC’s original plan had applications opening around 1 September 2026. That got postponed, and the Commission’s current position is that applications begin 21 September, with the last date still listed as “announced soon” even in recent official notices. For a recruitment of this scale, don’t treat any date you see today as locked in — check bpsc.bihar.gov.in directly before you finalize any preparation schedule around a specific application window, since this cycle has already shown it can move.

Vacancy Breakdown by School Level

Higher Secondary alone accounts for exactly half the entire recruitment — 16,101 of 32,388 posts. Within that, Chemistry (3,695), Physics (1,758), and English (1,321) carry the heaviest single-subject loads. If you’re qualified across multiple levels or subjects, this distribution is worth weighing before you commit to a single subject choice, since you can only apply against the one subject matching your qualifying Teacher Eligibility Test.

Primary School (Class 1–5) — 3,847 Posts

Middle School (Class 6–8) — 8,563 Posts

Secondary School (Class 9–10) — 3,877 Posts

Higher Secondary School (Class 11–12) — 16,101 Posts (Selected Subjects)

Category-wise reservation runs across UR, EWS, BC, EBC, SC, and ST at every school level, with an additional horizontal reservation for women — 50% within Primary and Middle categories, 35% within Secondary and Higher Secondary. Separate reserved posts also exist for Divyang candidates across four disability categories, Freedom Fighter grandchildren/great-grandchildren, and Transgender candidates. BPSC has stated the vacancy count itself may still shift based on any revision from the Education Department, so treat 32,388 as the current figure, not a permanently fixed one.

Eligibility: Qualification and TET Requirement

A genuinely useful provision here: candidates who hold the required educational qualification but haven’t yet cleared STET 2026 can still apply for this recruitment, provided they clear STET 2026 before the Preliminary Examination. Miss that condition, though, and BPSC won’t issue your Preliminary Exam admit card at all — clearing STET isn’t optional paperwork here, it’s a hard gate before you can even sit the first stage.

Teachers who were appointed and working before 2012 and have passed the Dakshata Pariksha (competency exam) are exempted from the TET requirement altogether.

Qualification requirements vary meaningfully by level — broadly, a Diploma in Elementary Education or B.El.Ed. for Primary, a B.Ed. with the right subject combination for Middle onward, and a Postgraduate degree plus B.Ed. for Higher Secondary. The exact subject-combination tables, computer science pathways, and language-subject provisions run across multiple sections of the notification (2A through 2R) — given how granular these get, check your specific subject and level against the official PDF rather than assuming a general “graduate + B.Ed.” rule covers your case.

Age Limit

Notice the odd-looking date split here: minimum age is checked against 1 August 2026, but maximum age is checked against 1 August 2024 — two years earlier. This isn’t a typo; it follows a specific Personnel & Administrative Reforms Department order from 2006. Don’t calculate your own eligibility using a single reference date for both ends — use the correct date for each check separately. Divyang candidates get 10 years’ relaxation; ex-servicemen get 3 years plus actual service period (capped at 57 years actual age); serving Bihar government employees get 5 years, capped at 5 competitive-exam attempts under that specific relaxation.

Pay Scale

All four levels carry non-gazetted (अराजपत्रित) status.

Selection Process: No Interview, and a Marking Rule Worth Understanding Before Exam Day

Selection runs through a Preliminary Examination followed by a Main Examination — no interview at any stage.

Preliminary Examination

150 marks, 2 hours, objective General Studies covering science, current affairs, history (national and Bihar-specific), geography, polity, economy, the freedom movement, and general mental ability. Minimum qualifying: 40% General, 36.5% BC, 34% EBC, 32% SC/ST/women/Divyang.

Here’s the detail that genuinely differs from most competitive exams and deserves real attention: every question offers five options — A, B, C, D, and E — and E specifically means “I do not wish to attempt this question.” If you leave a question blank without selecting E, it’s penalized exactly like a wrong answer: 1/3 mark deducted. This is a meaningfully different rule from the “leave it blank, lose nothing” convention most candidates are used to from other government exams. Skipping a question here requires an active action — marking E — not simply moving past it. Going into the exam without internalizing this could cost you real marks on every question you intended to skip but forgot to formally decline.

Shortlisting for the Main Exam runs at 2.5 to 10 times the vacancy count, category-wise, based on Preliminary merit.

Main Examination

Same five-option, mark-E-to-skip rule applies here too, with the identical 1/3 mark penalty for both wrong and unmarked-without-E responses. The Language section is qualifying only (minimum 30%) and doesn’t count toward merit — your actual rank comes from Part II alone for Primary, and Part II plus Part III combined for every other level. There’s no re-evaluation provision for this objective-type Main Exam, so double-check your OMR/CBT responses carefully before submitting, since there’s no correction avenue afterward.

Guest teachers (Atithi Shikshak) meeting eligibility get service-based weightage — 5 marks per year of service, up to a maximum of 25 marks — added to their qualifying score in both stages, per applicable court orders and Education Department resolutions.

How to Apply

1. Visit bpsconline.bihar.gov.in and complete One Time Registration (OTR) with an active email and mobile number.
2. Link your documents via DigiLocker’s Meri Pehchan portal, or proceed directly to the application.
3. Log in and complete your profile across six sections: Personal, Address, Other, Qualification, Experience, and Photo/Signature.
4. Upload a live webcam photograph and signatures in both Hindi and English.
5. Lock your profile after reviewing (editing afterward requires unlocking before final submission).
6. Open “New Application,” select Advertisement No. 14/2026, choose your post/subject, and rank up to 38 preferred districts in priority order.
7. Pay the fee online via the SBI payment gateway.
8. Submit and download your confirmed application from “My Account.”

Once fee payment is completed, you cannot change your selected post/subject unless you cancel the payment and repeat the entire process — and cancelled payments or applications carry no refund or chargeback.

Documents Required

• Matriculation certificate (date of birth proof)
• Educational and training qualification certificates for the applied post
• CTET/BTET/STET qualifying certificate and mark sheet
• RCI-issued CRR number and certificate, for special school teacher posts
• Category, EWS, disability, ex-servicemen, freedom fighter descendant, or transgender certificates, as applicable
• Guest teacher experience certificates from the District Education Officer, where weightage is claimed
• Valid photo ID, 4 recent passport photos, and printed application/admit card copies

Important Conditions

• You may list up to 38 districts in preference order; posting follows this priority against category-wise seat availability.
• A candidate may attempt this specific recruitment cycle a maximum of 5 times, per the Bihar Vidyalaya Adhyapak Amendment Rules, 2024.
• Reservation benefits apply only to Bihar-domiciled candidates.
• You can select only the one subject matching your qualifying TET.
• Reserved-category candidates applying against unreserved posts don’t receive reserved-category age or qualifying-mark relaxation.
• Submitting the application doesn’t guarantee candidature — final eligibility depends on document verification against what you’ve furnished.
• No supplementary result gets published after the provisional result — get your documentation right the first time.

FAQs

Q1. The application was supposed to start 1 September but hasn’t. What’s the current status?
BPSC postponed the original start date; applications are now expected to open 21 September 2026, per the Commission’s latest notice. Given this cycle has already shifted once, check bpsc.bihar.gov.in directly before relying on any specific date.

Q2. What happens if I leave a question blank without marking option E?
It’s penalized exactly like a wrong answer — a 1/3 mark deduction. This applies in both the Preliminary and Main Examinations. To skip a question without penalty risk, you must actively select option E, not simply leave it unmarked.

Q3. Can I apply if I haven’t cleared STET 2026 yet?
Yes, provisionally — if you hold the required qualification and are appearing for STET 2026, you can apply, but you must clear STET before the Preliminary Examination. Your Preliminary admit card won’t be issued if STET 2026 remains uncleared.

Q4. How many districts can I choose, and does it matter which order I list them?
Up to 38 districts, and yes — you must rank them in order of preference, since posting follows that priority against category-wise seat availability in each district.

Q5. Is there an interview stage in this recruitment?
No. Selection is entirely through the Preliminary and Main Examinations — both objective/CBT format. There is no interview at any point in TRE-4.0.

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Disclaimer: All dates, vacancy figures, eligibility, pay, and selection process details above are drawn from BPSC’s official Advertisement No. 14/2026 dated 18 August 2026, along with subsequent official postponement notices. No figures are estimated. The application closing date and both exam dates remain unannounced as of 6 September 2026, and the application start date has already been revised once — check the official source for the latest updates: www.bpsc.bihar.gov.in.