Archive · 21 Aug 2026
Bihar Scholars Plan Raj Bhavan March Over Recruitment Rules
Some students in Bihar are unhappy about changes to teacher and college hiring.
They are planning a peaceful march on August 22.
The march will support PhD students and researchers who have been protesting for 17 days.
These researchers want new rules for hiring assistant professors to be withdrawn.
Other students want empty jobs for music teachers and librarians to be filled.
The march will start at Veer Kunwar Singh Park in Patna.
It will move toward the Lok Bhawan.
Organizers say people from universities and colleges across Bihar will take part.
Students protesting the proposed rollback of the two-tier Teacher Recruitment Examination-4 called for a Raj Bhavan march on August 22.
The march is intended to support PhD scholars and researchers who have protested for 17 days.
The scholars are demanding withdrawal of proposed new recruitment rules for assistant professors.
Research scholars, guest teachers, and students from universities and colleges across Bihar are expected to join.
Separate student groups are seeking the filling of music-teacher and librarian vacancies.
- Who
- Students, PhD scholars, researchers, guest teachers, and students from universities and colleges across Bihar.
- What
- They plan a peaceful march and possible gherao of the Raj Bhavan or Lok Bhawan, opposing proposed assistant-professor recruitment rules and raising teacher vacancy demands.
- When
- August 22; the PhD scholars and researchers had been protesting for 17 days when the call was announced.
- Where
- The march will begin at Veer Kunwar Singh Park at R-Block in Patna and proceed to the Lok Bhawan.
- Why
- To express solidarity with protesting PhD scholars and demand withdrawal of the proposed recruitment rules, along with filling music-teacher and librarian vacancies.
- March date
- August 22
- Starting point
- Veer Kunwar Singh Park at R-Block, Patna
- Destination
- Lok Bhawan
- Main demand
- Withdrawal of proposed new recruitment rules for assistant professors
- Related protest duration
- PhD scholars and researchers had been agitating for 17 days
- Additional demands
- Filling vacancies for music teachers and librarians
- Organizer quoted
- Kumud Patel, convener of the All Ph.D. Holders and Research Scholars Association of Bihar