Patna, Jul 31 (PTI) More than 14,700 surplus teachers have applied for transfer under Bihar’s newly introduced adjustment and rationalisation policy within two days of the launch of a dedicated online portal, Education Minister Mithilesh Tiwari said on Friday.
The e-Shikshakosh portal, launched on Wednesday under the Bihar State Teacher Transfer Rules, 2026, facilitates registration and submission of school preferences for teachers seeking transfer.
Addressing a press conference here, Tiwari said 14,796 surplus teachers have successfully submitted online applications for transfer.
“In addition, 7,795 surplus teachers have filled up the forms and saved them on the portal but are yet to submit them. Thus, a total of 22,591 teachers have initiated the process. Besides, 2,142 teachers have successfully applied for mutual transfers,” he said.
Under the Education Department’s teacher rationalisation and transfer policy, surplus teachers are those posted in government schools where the teacher strength exceeds the requirement under the Right to Education (RTE) Act’s prescribed pupil-teacher ratio.
The minister said applying for adjustment and rationalisation is voluntary, and August 5 is the last date for submitting applications.
Under the new policy, each applicant can choose up to 30 preferred schools for posting.
Female teachers will be posted in panchayats adjoining their registered home address, while male teachers will be posted outside their existing block but within adjoining blocks, Tiwari said.
He said the state currently has 65,413 surplus teachers in classes 1-5, 9,471 in classes 6-8, 17,904 in classes 9-10 and 14,500 in Classes 11-12.
Despite the surplus, districts such as Araria, Jamui and Purnia continue to face a shortage of primary school teachers, he said.
“The surplus teachers will be posted in schools facing shortages. Those who cannot be accommodated immediately will be deployed in Anganwadi centres, Scheduled Caste hostels and Karpoori Thakur hostels for OBC students,” the minister said.
Tiwari added that under the new transfer policy, teachers will ordinarily be transferred every five years. PTI SUK SOM
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