Updates as of September 22, 2026
The reported TRE 4.0 Secondary subject table lists nine subjects for classes 9 and 10: Hindi 361, English 696, Science 463, Mathematics 570, Social Science 756, Sanskrit 322, Urdu 660, Physical Education 47 and Music 2. Those counts sum to exactly the published level total of 3,877, so no Dance posts appear at Secondary level in Advertisement 14/2026.
NotifyHere vacancy list (unofficial)The number of stages in TRE 4.0 is unresolved, and it is the single biggest open question in this cycle. BPSC's own exam calendar, dated 14 August 2026, lists TRE 4.0 at serial 30 with 32,388 vacancies under the heading 2 PHASE EXAMS (PT + MAINS), and records the exam date as TBD with the remark that the date of the PT shall be published after the completion of the advertisement period. On that document, TRE 4.0 is a two-stage recruitment with a screening preliminary test.
BPSC Exam Calendar dated 14 August 2026 (official)On 27 August 2026, nine days after Advertisement 14/2026 was issued, Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary announced that TRE 4.0 would be held in a single phase, scrapping the PT and Mains structure. The announcement followed a campaign by candidate representatives under the slogan One Exam, One Result. This is a state government statement rather than a BPSC order, and it directly contradicts the Commission's own calendar.
Testbook news report on the 27 August announcement (reported)As of 22 September 2026, BPSC has published no corrigendum on the TRE 4.0 examination pattern. The Commission's notices page carries corrigenda for the 72nd CCE and notices on the Stenographer examination and the new fifth answer option, but nothing on TRE. The 14 August calendar still shows PT plus Mains and has not been revised. The unresolved pattern is the most plausible reason the application window was postponed for procedural changes, and candidates should expect the revised pattern and the reopened window to be announced together.
BPSC notices page, checked 22 September 2026 (official)Performing-arts hiring in this cycle sits almost entirely at the upper level. Music draws just 2 posts at classes 9 and 10 but 736 at classes 11 and 12, the sixth largest Higher Secondary subject. A Dance candidate reading the Secondary tables should read that contrast as the shape of the recruitment, not an oversight.
Testbook (coaching site)Dance remains a listed TRE subject with a published Part-III syllabus for classes 9 and 10, covering movement, rhythm, tala, laya, abhinaya, mudras, classical and folk traditions, repertoire, terminology, history and aesthetics. The subject exists in the scheme; what is missing in this advertisement is an allocation of posts at Secondary level.
Adda247 (coaching site)No practical or performance test appears in the published TRE 4.0 scheme of examination. Selection is a 150-question objective preliminary screening followed by a 150-mark objective mains paper with one-third negative marking. On the sources seen, Dance is examined entirely in writing, which is the single most misunderstood point about the post.
Adda247 (coaching site)Advertisement 14/2026 for 32,388 posts was published on 18 August 2026. Applications opened on 21 September 2026 after a deferral from 1 September, with a reported closing date of 21 October 2026 that the Commission has not confirmed. No examination date has been announced.
KollegeApply (news site)Reports of the eligibility rules note that the notification sets out separate provisions for Music, Fine Arts and Dance alongside the general graduate plus B.Ed requirement, but the specific wording of the Dance clause could not be read from the sources available here. The Commission's own advertisement is the only reliable text for it.
Adda247 eligibility summary (coaching site)A vacancy figure of 46,595 is circulating on job-alert aggregators for TRE 4.0. None of the aggregators carrying it cites an advertisement number or a date, and it is contradicted by both official BPSC documents that do carry a number: Advertisement 14/2026 of 18 August 2026 and the exam calendar of 14 August 2026, which state 32,388. Until BPSC publishes a corrigendum, 32,388 is the figure to plan against.
BPSC Exam Calendar dated 14 August 2026 (official)The Secondary Dance paper at a glance
| Stage or part | What it contains | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Preliminary (screening) | General Studies objective paper, 150 questions, marks not carried to merit | 150 |
| Mains Part-I, Language | One of Hindi, English, Urdu or Bangla; qualifying at 30 per cent, not counted in merit | 30 |
| Mains Part-II, General Studies | Elementary mathematics, mental ability, general awareness, general science and social science | 40 |
| Mains Part-III, Dance | Elements of dance, tala and laya, abhinaya and mudras, classical and folk traditions, repertoire, terminology, history and aesthetics | 80 |
| Practical or performance test | Not present in the published scheme of examination | None |
The whole assessment is objective and written. A trained dancer with no theory grounding is at a disadvantage here, because the 80-mark paper tests terminology, tala systems, repertoire structure and dance history rather than technique. Selection is prelims, then mains, then document verification, with no interview. Read the structure below as the pattern for the written examination, not as a settled number of stages. BPSC's calendar of 14 August 2026 places TRE 4.0 under two-phase PT plus Mains exams; the Chief Minister announced a single-phase exam on 27 August 2026; and BPSC has published no corrigendum resolving the two as of 22 September 2026. The question paper described here is the one candidates must prepare for either way, because a single-phase exam would use it and a two-phase exam would use it as the main paper.
Dates and windows
| What | When | Status |
|---|---|---|
| BPSC exam calendar lists TRE 4.0 as a two-phase PT + Mains recruitment | 14 August 2026 | Confirmed |
| Advertisement 14/2026 published | 18 August 2026 | Confirmed |
| Chief Minister announces a single-phase exam, scrapping PT + Mains | 27 August 2026 | Announced by the state government, not yet ordered by BPSC |
| BPSC corrigendum confirming the final examination pattern | Not published as of 22 September 2026 | Awaited |
| Online application opens | 21 September 2026, deferred from 1 September | Confirmed |
| Last date to apply | 21 October 2026, as reported by KollegeApply | Tentative |
| Preliminary screening examination | Not announced | Tentative |
| Main examination | December 2026 to January 2027, as projected by Adda247 | Tentative |
| Any corrigendum adding performing-arts posts | Not announced | Tentative |
The schedule is common to every subject and every level in TRE 4.0, so there is no separate Dance sitting and no separate practical date. For Dance the live question is the last row: whether an allocation at classes 9 and 10 appears before the window closes.
What this means for your preparation
Two beliefs about this post are widely held and neither is supported by the published scheme. The first is that Dance selection includes a performance or practical assessment; the TRE 4.0 scheme as published is a written screening paper followed by a written mains paper, with document verification and no interview. The second is that a Dance vacancy exists at classes 9 and 10 in this cycle; the reported Secondary subject counts account for all 3,877 posts across nine subjects, none of them Dance.
Check the class 9 and 10 roster before anything else
The nine reported Secondary subject figures add to exactly 3,877, the published level total, which leaves no room for a Dance allocation in Advertisement 14/2026. The neighbouring evidence points the same way: Music, the closest comparable performing-arts subject, has just 2 posts at Secondary against 736 at Higher Secondary. Performing-arts recruitment in this cycle is concentrated at classes 11 and 12. Before investing months in the theory paper, open the Commission's district-wise vacancy document for classes 9 and 10, published with the advertisement on 18 August 2026, and look for the Dance row directly. Reported tables are transcriptions; that roster is the record, and a two-post subject can be added or removed by corrigendum.
The paper tests theory, not technique
The published Part-III Dance outline for classes 9 and 10 has three blocks. The first is the elements of dance: movement, rhythm, tala, laya, expression, gesture and stage presentation. The second is the traditions: the major Indian classical dance forms, folk dances, repertoire, terminology and history. The third is abhinaya, mudras, basic theory, aesthetics and performance-related concepts. All of it is examined as 80 marks of multiple-choice questions with one-third negative marking. Terminology is the highest-yield area because it is finite and unambiguous in an objective format: tala names and beat counts, the hasta and mudra vocabulary, the repertoire sequence of each classical form, and the regional folk traditions of Bihar and eastern India.
Eligibility is graduate plus B.Ed, with a subject clause to verify
The general Secondary requirement is a graduate degree with 50 per cent in the concerned subject plus B.Ed and Bihar STET Paper I, against a post-graduate degree with 50 per cent plus B.Ed and STET Paper II for classes 11 and 12. Reports of the notification state that separate provisions are set out for Music, Fine Arts and Dance, which is where any diploma-equivalence or recognised-institution clause for Dance would sit, but the exact wording could not be read from the sources available here. This is the clause most likely to decide a Dance candidature, because performing-arts qualifications are frequently diplomas from recognised institutions rather than university degrees, and only the advertisement text says which are accepted.
No published Dance cut-off, so use Music as the nearest proxy
No subject-wise cut-off for Dance appears in the TRE 3.0 compilations examined. The nearest comparable figure is Music, reported at 79 for unreserved candidates at Secondary level in 2024, with 77 for the economically weaker section, 74 for the extremely backward class and 70 for Scheduled Caste candidates. At Higher Secondary, Music was reported far lower at 39, the softest threshold in that table. The pattern suggests that where a performing-arts subject has very few Secondary posts, the threshold behaves like a mainstream subject because the tiny post count outweighs the small applicant pool. A Dance candidate should not plan for a soft cut-off.
The forty General Studies marks are where Dance candidates lose
Merit is built on 120 counted marks: 80 Dance and 40 General Studies, since Part-I language is qualifying at 30 per cent and does not add to the total. Candidates who come to this post from a conservatory or performance background are usually strong on the subject block and weak on Part-II, which covers elementary mathematics, mental ability, general awareness, general science and social science, and they are also exposed at the preliminary stage, a 150-question General Studies screening paper with no Dance content at all. That screening paper is a pure General Studies filter, so a Dance specialist who prepares only the subject may never reach the paper they are good at.
Common questions
Is there a dance performance or practical test in BPSC TRE?
Not in the published TRE 4.0 scheme. Selection as reported is a preliminary screening paper of 150 objective questions, a mains paper of 150 marks in 2 hours 30 minutes divided into Part-I language 30, Part-II General Studies 40 and Part-III concerned subject 80, and then document verification. There is no interview and no practical assessment in that scheme. The Dance subject paper is examined entirely as multiple-choice theory with one-third negative marking.
Are there Dance vacancies in BPSC TRE 4.0 for classes 9 and 10?
None appear in the reported tables. The nine Secondary subjects listed for Advertisement 14/2026, Hindi, English, Science, Mathematics, Social Science, Sanskrit, Urdu, Physical Education and Music, sum to exactly the published level total of 3,877, leaving no Dance line. Music, the nearest performing-arts subject, has only 2 Secondary posts against 736 at Higher Secondary. The Commission's district-wise vacancy document for classes 9 and 10 is the authoritative check.
What is in the BPSC TRE Dance syllabus?
The published Part-III outline for classes 9 and 10 covers the elements of dance, meaning movement, rhythm, tala, laya, expression, gesture and stage presentation; the major Indian classical dance traditions, folk dances, repertoire, terminology and history; and abhinaya, mudras, basic theory, aesthetics and performance-related concepts. It carries 80 of the 150 mains marks. Terminology, tala systems and repertoire structure convert most cleanly into objective questions and are the highest-yield areas to drill.
What qualification do I need to be a BPSC TRE Dance teacher?
The general Secondary requirement is a graduate degree with at least 50 per cent in the concerned subject plus B.Ed and Bihar STET Paper I. Reports of the notification state that separate provisions apply to Music, Fine Arts and Dance, which is where any recognition of a performing-arts diploma or institutional certification would be specified, but that clause could not be read from the sources available here. Read the advertisement text before assuming a diploma qualifies.
How is Secondary Dance different from the Higher Secondary level?
Classes 9 and 10 require graduation with 50 per cent plus B.Ed and STET Paper I, with reported basic pay of Rs 31,000 and gross figures around Rs 55,000 to Rs 59,860. Classes 11 and 12 require a post-graduate degree with 50 per cent plus B.Ed and STET Paper II, with reported basic pay of Rs 32,000 and gross around Rs 58,000 to Rs 61,690. The upper level also holds almost all the performing-arts posts in this cycle, with 736 Music vacancies against 2 at Secondary.
What cut-off should a Dance candidate expect?
No Dance cut-off appears in the TRE 3.0 compilations examined. The nearest proxy is Music, reported at 79 for unreserved candidates at Secondary level in 2024, with 77 for the economically weaker section, 74 for the extremely backward class and 70 for Scheduled Caste candidates, against 39 for Music at Higher Secondary. These are unofficial coaching-site compilations of a previous cycle. Where post counts are tiny, thresholds tend to run high regardless of how small the applicant pool is.
