{
  "id": 2248506,
  "title": "Demanding rollback of key teachers’ examination, PhD scholars plan Bihar Raj Bhavan March tomorrow",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/demanding-rollback-of-key-teachers-examination-phd-scholars-plan",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T23:18:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express - India",
    "slug": "the-indian-express-india",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/india/bihar-bpsc-tre-4-teacher-recruitment-exam-protest-phd-scholars-raj-bhavan-march-10842539/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Thursday, students protested the rollback of the two-tier Teacher Recruitment Examination-4 (TRE-4) and called for a Raj Bhavan march on August 22. This march, organized by the All Ph.D. Holders and Research Scholars Association of Bihar, aims to support PhD scholars and researchers who have been agitating for 17 days over new recruitment rules for assistant professors. Separate groups want the filling of vacancies for music teachers and librarians. The march will begin at Veer Kunwar Singh Park and proceed peacefully to Lok Bhawan.\n\nKumud Patel, convener of the association, stated that researchers are demanding Table 3A be implemented in the recruitment of assistant professors. This system evaluates candidates based on a 100-point scale, rather than solely relying on written tests or arbitrary screening criteria. The state government recently advertised vacancies for contractual assistant professors, and other demands include raising the maximum age limit for assistant professor appointments from 43 to 55 years, making assistant professor recruitment in Bihar's universities permanent and regular, implementing a domicile policy, halting the infringement on university and college autonomy, and granting service regularization to guest assistant professors until the age of 65.",
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  "key_points": [
    "Students protest rollback of TRE-4, demand Raj Bhavan march",
    "PhD scholars agitate for 17 days over new recruitment rules",
    "March to begin at Veer Kunwar Singh Park, proceed to Lok Bhawan"
  ],
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        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Demanding rollback of key teachers’ examination, PhD scholars plan Bihar Raj Bhavan March tomorrow",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/demanding-rollback-of-key-teachers-examination-phd-scholars-plan-2254034",
        "published": "2026-08-20T23:18:48.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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