Bihar's Education Minister Sunil Kumar announced that Teacher Recruitment Exam-4 (TRE-4) appointments will commence soon, with requisitions to the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) expected between January 15-20. This follows TRE-1 and TRE-2 appointments and partially filled TRE-3 vacancies, which had led to protests. Separately, engineering job aspirants demonstrated against a policy granting bonus marks to contractual workers in BPSC exams, arguing it disadvantages fresh graduates.