The teachers' recruitment exams to be conducted by the Bihar Public Service Commission next month will be held in a single phase, Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary said on Thursday, accepting a key demand of protesting job aspirants.
The announcement was made on X after a delegation of protesters met with the chief minister.
The development came days after Patna witnessed a confrontation between job aspirants and police as demonstrators attempted to march to the chief minister's residence, demanding a single-tier teacher recruitment exam and a transparent recruitment process.
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In a post on X on Thursday, Choudhary said, "The government has been serious about the demands of students from the very beginning."
"Now, a decision has been taken.. that this year's TRE-4 examination will be conducted in a single phase," the chief minister wrote in the post.
He also said the government had taken several other important decisions.
