Patna: Candidates awaiting the fourth phase of the Teacher Recruitment Examination (TRE-4) returned to the streets of Patna on Tuesday, gathering at Gandhi Maidan to protest against what they described as the government’s continued failure to release long-pending vacancies.
Raising slogans against the state administration, the demonstrators said they had received little more than assurances over the past several months, with no concrete progress on the recruitment process. Many argued that the absence of a formal notification had left thousands of aspirants in prolonged uncertainty.
Aspirant Khushboo Pathak criticised the education department, accusing it of repeating the same explanation whenever questions were raised. She said the education minister continued to cite incomplete roster clearance while promising that vacancies would be announced “soon”.
“Before the elections, there were repeated assurances that the vacancies would be released,” Pathak said. “Now months have passed since the elections ended, but the TRE-4 notification is still nowhere in sight. It is difficult to understand when these promises will actually be fulfilled.”
Another protester, Anuj Parashar, questioned what he described as the system’s selective urgency. Elections, government formation and ministerial appointments, he said, all happened on time, while decisions affecting the future of young people continued to be delayed.
“When it comes to the livelihoods of millions of youths, deadlines seem to lose meaning,” he said, calling the issue of employment a serious and unresolved concern.
Rahul, another candidate participating in the protest, alleged that the government was deliberately avoiding the recruitment process. He said nearly 10 lakh candidates who had qualified the State Teacher Eligibility Test (STET), along with around 5 lakh Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) qualifiers, had been waiting for the TRE-4 recruitment for an extended period.
The education minister has recently defended the government’s record, stating that no other state had appointed 2.70 lakh teachers in the past two years. He also said there had been no disputes regarding appointments or transfers so far.
Clarifying the delay, the minister said teacher recruitment was a government process rather than a private appointment, and required formal roster clearance before vacancies could be notified.
Despite these assurances, protesters said they would continue to mobilise until a clear timeline for TRE-4 recruitment was announced, warning that frustration among aspirants was steadily growing.
