Updates as of September 22, 2026
Maithili is listed among the Part III subject options for the Secondary level, with Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit, English, Bangla, Arabic, Persian, Fine Arts, Music, Dance, Science, Mathematics, Social Science and Physical Education. It does not appear in the reported class 9-10 subject-wise vacancy table for TRE 4.0, so no Maithili post count has been published at this level.
Adda247 (aggregator)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)The reported Secondary table names Social Science 756, English 696, Urdu 660, Mathematics 570, Science 463, Hindi 361, Sanskrit 322, Physical Education 47 and Music 2. Those nine total 3,877, the whole Secondary block, leaving no arithmetical space for a separate Maithili allocation in this cycle as reported.
Testbook (aggregator)BPSC released TRE 4.0 advertisement 14/2026 on 18 August 2026 for 32,388 posts across four levels: Primary 3,847, Middle 8,563, Secondary 3,877 and Higher Secondary 16,101. The Secondary block is the second smallest, which is the context in which minority-language allocations such as Maithili are decided.
Testbook (aggregator)Reported TRE 3.0 cut-off tables for the class 9-10 level show Maithili as not available across most categories, unlike Hindi, English, Urdu, Sanskrit, Bangla, Arabic and Persian, all of which have figures. That absence is consistent with very few or no Maithili posts having been filled at this level in the previous cycle.
Career Power (aggregator)The application window shifted from 1 September to 21 September 2026 after procedural changes at the Commission, with the closing date reported only as October 2026 and no examination date announced. A corrected or supplementary vacancy annexure from BPSC is what would settle the Maithili position for this recruitment.
NotifyHere (aggregator)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 Maithili paper at a glance
| Part | Questions | Marks | Counts towards merit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Part I - Language | 30 | 30 | No, qualifying only |
| Part II - General Studies | 40 | 40 | Yes |
| Part III - Maithili subject paper | 80 | 80 | Yes |
| Whole paper | 150 | 150 | 2 hours 30 minutes, offline OMR |
The Maithili candidate writes the same 150-question objective paper as everyone else at this level, with one-third of a mark deducted for each wrong answer. Note the asymmetry in Part I: the qualifying language section is reported to offer English with Hindi, Urdu or Bangla, and Maithili is not among the options there even though it is a full Part III subject. 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 |
| TRE 4.0 advertisement 14/2026 released | 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 originally to open | 1 September 2026 | Closed |
| Online application revised opening | 21 September 2026 | Tentative |
| Last date to apply and pay the fee | October 2026, exact date not published | Tentative |
| Maithili vacancy figure for classes 9-10 | Not published in the reported subject table | Tentative |
| Written examination for classes 9-10 | Not announced; to be published after the advertisement period closes | Tentative |
| Result and merit list | Not announced | Tentative |
This schedule belongs to the whole recruitment rather than to Maithili: one advertisement, one application window and one examination cycle cover every subject at all four levels. Only the subject-wise allocation row is specific to Maithili, and it is an unresolved gap rather than a pending date.
What this means for your preparation
The recurring confusion about Maithili is that it appears in two different places in the same recruitment and means different things in each. It is a full Part III subject with its own 80-question paper at the Secondary level, but it is not one of the options in the qualifying Part I language section, and it carries no vacancy figure in the reported class 9-10 subject table. A candidate has to check which of those three facts applies to the form being filled.
Verify the allocation in the official annexure
Two trackers reproduce a Secondary subject list from which Maithili is absent, and the nine subjects they do list sum exactly to the published Secondary total of 3,877. Separately, cut-off tables for the previous cycle at this level show Maithili as not available across categories while Bangla, Arabic and Persian carry figures. Taken together that points to no Maithili posts at classes 9 and 10 in TRE 4.0, but neither source is an official statement of zero. Before paying the fee, open the vacancy annexure on the BPSC portal when applications open and look for Maithili in the class 9-10 table. Since the fee is reported as charged per teaching level, there is a real cost to applying at a level with no post in the subject.
Maithili is a Part III subject, not a Part I option
The qualifying 30-question language section is reported to pair English with a choice of Hindi, Urdu or Bangla. Maithili does not appear there. A Maithili subject candidate therefore has to clear a language section in a language other than the one being taught, most often Hindi plus English, at a reported minimum of 30 per cent. Those 30 marks do not count towards merit, so the section is pure risk with no reward: it can only disqualify. Candidates from the Mithila region whose formal schooling was largely in Maithili should test themselves on the Hindi and English components early rather than discover the gap in the examination hall.
What the graduation-level Maithili paper covers
Maithili is grouped with Fine Arts, Music and Dance as a subject-specific graduation-level syllabus prescribed by BPSC rather than being spelled out topic by topic in any source seen here. For an 80-question paper at BA level the reasonable expectation, and it is inference rather than a sourced list, is the history of Maithili literature from Jyotirishwar and Vidyapati through the medieval and modern periods; major poets, dramatists and prose writers and their principal works; Maithili vyakaran and the Tirhuta script; the linguistic relationship of Maithili to Hindi, Bhojpuri, Magahi and Bangla; and folk forms and criticism. Check the official syllabus annexure before building a reading plan on this.
Eligibility turns on studying the language at degree level
The general Secondary rule is reported as graduation with about 50 per cent in the subject concerned plus B.Ed, with STET Paper-I, while classes 11 and 12 need post-graduation plus STET Paper-II. For language posts specifically, the language concerned is reported to have had to be studied at the prescribed graduation level, which is the clause that decides most Maithili applications: a candidate who speaks Maithili natively but took Hindi honours will usually not qualify for the Maithili post. Ages are reported as 21 to 37 for general men, 40 for general women and BC and EBC, and 42 for SC and ST.
Plan around a very thin post base
Small-allocation subjects behave differently from English or Social Science. Music shows two posts at this level; Physical Education shows 47. Where only a handful of posts exist, the cut-off is set by whoever happens to apply rather than by a stable pattern, reservation rosters can absorb an entire allocation into one or two categories, and a zero-vacancy cycle is a normal outcome rather than an anomaly. The practical consequence for a Maithili candidate is to keep a second eligible subject or level open where the qualifications allow it, and to treat the general studies preparation as the transferable asset, since those 40 questions are identical whichever subject paper is finally chosen.
Common questions
How many BPSC TRE Secondary Maithili vacancies are there in TRE 4.0?
None is published in the reported class 9-10 subject table. The nine subjects listed there, Social Science 756, English 696, Urdu 660, Mathematics 570, Science 463, Hindi 361, Sanskrit 322, Physical Education 47 and Music 2, total exactly 3,877, which is the whole Secondary block, so there is no room for an unlisted Maithili figure. Previous-cycle cut-off tables also show Maithili as not available at this level. That is strong indirect evidence rather than an official zero, so check the BPSC vacancy annexure directly.
Is Maithili offered as a teaching subject at the BPSC TRE Secondary level?
Yes as an examination subject. Maithili is named in the list of Part III subject options for classes 9 and 10, alongside Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit, English, Bangla, Arabic, Persian, Fine Arts, Music, Dance and the main academic subjects. It has its own 80-question graduation-level paper. Whether posts are released against it in a given recruitment is a separate matter, and in the reported TRE 4.0 Secondary table no Maithili allocation appears, just as none appears in the previous cycle's cut-off tables for this level.
Can I choose Maithili in the qualifying language section?
No, on the reported pattern. Part I at the Secondary level offers English along with Hindi, Urdu or Bangla; Maithili is not among the choices even though it is a full Part III subject. So a Maithili candidate clears the qualifying language section in Hindi and English, at a reported minimum of 30 per cent, and then writes the Maithili subject paper for the 80 marks that actually count. Those 30 language marks are excluded from the merit list, so the section can only cost a candidate the post, never win it.
What qualification do I need for the BPSC TRE Secondary Maithili post?
Reported Secondary eligibility is graduation with about 50 per cent in the subject concerned plus B.Ed, together with STET Paper-I, against post-graduation plus STET Paper-II for classes 11 and 12. For language posts the notification is reported to require that the language concerned was studied at the prescribed graduation level, which means a degree that included Maithili rather than fluency alone. Some trackers describe a CTET or BTET Paper-II route for Secondary instead of STET Paper-I, so the accounts conflict and the advertisement's own clause should be read.
What is the BPSC TRE Secondary Maithili syllabus?
No topic list is reproduced by any source seen here. Maithili is grouped with Fine Arts, Music and Dance as a subject-specific graduation-level syllabus prescribed by the Commission, in contrast to Hindi and English which are described as graduation-level language and literature syllabi. A BA-level Maithili paper would be expected to cover literary history from Vidyapati onwards, major authors and works, grammar and the Tirhuta script, and the language's relationship to neighbouring languages, but that is inference and needs checking against the official syllabus.
What was the cut-off for BPSC TRE Secondary Maithili last time?
No usable figure exists. Aggregator cut-off tables for the class 9-10 level carry marks for Hindi, English, Urdu, Sanskrit, Bangla, Arabic, Persian, Science, Mathematics and Social Science, and record Maithili as not available across most categories. The two trackers that do publish figures disagree with each other on the subjects they cover, so even those are indicative only. In the absence of a Maithili benchmark the sole fixed reference is the statutory minimum qualifying percentage, reported as 40 per cent for unreserved candidates.
