Government Employee Status For 3.5 Lakh Contractual Teachers In Bihar, Details Inside

Bihar Contractual Teachers: There is a piece of good news for thousands of contractual (Niyojit) teachers in Bihar. The State Cabinet on Tuesday decided to give the status of government employee to around 3.5 lakh contractual teachers, teaching in different government-run schools in the state. This information was shared by a state government official.

The decision to this effect was taken in the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

“Immediately after notification by the state government in this regard, these contractual teachers, teaching in different state-run schools for the last several years, will be considered as ‘exclusive teachers’, with government employee status. A proposal in this regard was mooted by the state Education department before the cabinet on Tuesday, which was later approved,” said S Siddharth, Additional Chief Secretary (Cabinet Secretariat), while interacting with the media after the cabinet meeting.