Updates as of September 22, 2026
Persian appears in the class 9-10 subject option list for TRE 4.0, alongside Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit, English, Science, Mathematics, Physical Education, Music, Social Science, Bangla, Fine Arts, Dance, Maithili and Arabic. It is a recognised secondary teaching subject in Bihar and Persian results were published for class 9-10 in TRE 3.0.
Adda247 (reporting the notification)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)No Persian posts appear in the reported secondary vacancy table of Advertisement No. 14/2026. The nine subjects listed, Social Science 756, English 696, Urdu 660, Mathematics 570, Science 463, Hindi 361, Sanskrit 322, Physical Education 47 and Music 2, add to exactly 3,877, the full class 9-10 total, leaving no unallocated posts.
PW (reporting the notification)Career Power records the same table and states directly that Persian vacancies are not listed among the secondary teacher positions and that the subject appears in the class 11-12 brackets instead. Persian candidates should therefore check the higher secondary vacancy annexure before assuming a class 9-10 opening exists.
Career Power (coaching portal)The application window is still shut. The advertised 1 to 30 September 2026 period was postponed before it opened and a reported 21 September restart also did not happen, attributed to changes needed in the recruitment process and the online application system. No revised application or examination date has been announced.
Notifyhere (coaching portal, sole source)If a Persian paper is set, it follows the common secondary scheme: 150 objective questions in 2 hours 30 minutes, Language 30 marks qualifying only, General Studies 40 marks, concerned subject 80 marks, five options lettered A to E and one-third negative marking.
Notifyhere scheme summaryA 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)Secondary Persian in TRE 4.0 at a glance
| Item | Detail | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Subject status | Listed as a class 9-10 subject option and present in TRE 3.0 class 9-10 results | Recognised |
| Posts in the reported secondary table | No Persian line; nine listed subjects already total 3,877 | None published |
| Paper if set | Language 30 qualifying, General Studies 40, Persian 80, 150 questions in 2 hours 30 minutes | Common scheme |
| Marking | Five options A to E, one-third of a mark deducted for a wrong answer | Common scheme |
| Core eligibility | Graduation or post-graduation in the subject with 50 per cent, B.Ed, STET Paper-I | Common to secondary |
The paper structure for Persian would be identical to every other secondary subject, so it is not the distinguishing fact. The distinguishing fact is that the class 9-10 vacancy table reported from the advertisement accounts for all 3,877 posts across nine subjects and does not include Persian. Treat that as the position reported by portals reproducing the notification and confirm against the vacancy annexure itself. 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 No. 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 window as first announced | 1 to 30 September 2026, fee by 29 September | Closed |
| Reported restart of applications | 21 September 2026, did not open | Closed |
| Revised application window | Not announced | Tentative |
| Secondary written examination | Not announced; a 22 to 27 September 2026 window circulated and has lapsed | Tentative |
| Corrigendum adding or clarifying subject vacancies | Not issued so far | Tentative |
This calendar is common to every subject and every level of TRE 4.0; there is no separate Persian schedule. The last row matters specifically for Persian, because a corrigendum is the only route by which class 9-10 Persian posts could enter this cycle after the advertisement.
What this means for your preparation
Most Persian candidates arrive at this cycle assuming the subject is on the class 9-10 table because it was on the class 9-10 results list in TRE 3.0. The reported vacancy annexure of Advertisement 14/2026 does not carry a Persian line, and the nine subjects that are listed already exhaust all 3,877 secondary posts. Establishing whether a post exists comes before any preparation decision.
The arithmetic that closes the question
Three independent reproductions of the secondary vacancy table give the same nine figures: Social Science 756, English 696, Urdu 660, Mathematics 570, Science 463, Hindi 361, Sanskrit 322, Physical Education 47 and Music 2. Those sum to 3,877, which is the published class 9-10 total. There is no residue for Persian, Arabic, Bangla, Maithili, Dance or Fine Arts, even though all of them appear in the subject option list. Career Power states the point explicitly, that Persian is not listed among secondary teacher positions and appears in the class 11-12 brackets instead. That is a coaching-portal reading of the notification and should be checked against the vacancy annexure, but it is consistent across sources and internally consistent with the total.
Persian did exist at this level in TRE 3.0
When BPSC declared the TRE 3.0 class 9-10 results on 17 December 2024, the subject list covered by those results included English, Hindi, Urdu, Bangla, Persian, Sanskrit, Arabic, Science, Mathematics, Social Science, Physical Education, Dance, Maithili, Lalit Kala and Music. So a class 9-10 Persian cadre exists in Bihar and has been recruited to within the last two years. The absence of a line this cycle is most plausibly a statement about how many sanctioned Persian posts remain vacant, not about the subject being withdrawn. For a candidate that distinction changes the strategy from abandoning the subject to waiting for the next cycle or a corrigendum.
Where the realistic openings are
The class 11-12 table holds 16,101 of the 32,388 posts, more than four times the secondary block, and is where Career Power places Persian for this cycle. Higher secondary posts require post-graduation in the subject rather than graduation and sit on a separate vacancy table and a separate paper, so a Persian graduate with a master's degree has a materially different application available. The other route worth pricing is Urdu, which carries 660 secondary posts, the third largest block: many Persian graduates in Bihar hold the Urdu qualifications that clause would require, and that is the largest minority-language opening in the class 9-10 table by a wide margin.
What the Persian paper would look like
If a Persian paper is set, it runs on the common secondary scheme. Part I is 30 language questions in English plus Hindi, Urdu or Bangla, qualifying only at a reported 30 per cent; Part II is 40 general studies questions on elementary mathematics, reasoning, general science, social studies, geography and the Indian national movement; Part III is 80 questions on Persian at graduation level, covering grammar, classical and modern literature, comprehension and translation. Five options run from A to E and a wrong answer costs one-third of a mark, so on a language paper where two options can usually be eliminated, attempting is worthwhile; blind guessing across five options is not.
No cut-off, and no safe way to estimate one
Career Power's TRE 3.0 secondary cut-off compilation covers Mathematics at 102, Hindi 87, Social Science 83, Urdu 80 and Science 73 for unreserved candidates and states that Persian, Music and Physical Education figures are not available. Small-vacancy language subjects do not track the general pattern: with a handful of posts the cut-off is set by the top few scripts and moves sharply between cycles. The only documented floor is the category minimum reported for TRE 4.0, at 40 per cent for general, 36.5 per cent BC, 34 per cent EBC and 32 per cent for SC, ST, women and persons with disabilities.
Common questions
Are there any BPSC TRE 4.0 Persian vacancies for class 9-10?
None appear in the reported secondary vacancy table of Advertisement No. 14/2026. The nine subjects listed, Social Science 756, English 696, Urdu 660, Mathematics 570, Science 463, Hindi 361, Sanskrit 322, Physical Education 47 and Music 2, add to exactly 3,877, the full class 9-10 total. Career Power states that Persian is not listed among the secondary positions and appears in the class 11-12 brackets instead. These are portal reproductions of the notification, so confirm against the vacancy annexure before concluding either way.
Is Persian still a recognised BPSC TRE subject for class 9-10?
Yes. Persian appears in the class 9-10 subject option list published with the TRE 4.0 syllabus, alongside Arabic, Bangla, Maithili, Dance and Fine Arts. It was also among the subjects for which BPSC declared class 9-10 results in TRE 3.0 on 17 December 2024. The absence of a vacancy line in this advertisement therefore reads as no sanctioned posts falling vacant for this cycle rather than the subject being discontinued at secondary level.
What is the eligibility for a BPSC TRE Secondary Persian teacher post?
The general class 9-10 requirement reported across summaries is graduation or post-graduation in the concerned subject with at least 50 per cent marks, plus a B.Ed from an NCTE-recognised institution and a pass in STET Paper-I. For language subjects the notification is reported to require that the concerned language was studied at the prescribed graduation level. PW cautions that the notification carries detailed subject-wise provisions and that the general graduation plus B.Ed statement should not be relied on alone for a specialised subject.
What would the BPSC TRE Secondary Persian exam pattern be?
The common secondary scheme: 150 objective questions in 2 hours 30 minutes. Part I is 30 language questions in English plus Hindi, Urdu or Bangla and is qualifying only, with a reported 30 per cent minimum. Part II is 40 general studies questions. Part III is 80 questions on the concerned subject, here Persian at graduation level. Each question carries one mark, five options run from A to E, and one-third of a mark is deducted for a wrong answer. The schedule and scheme are identical for every subject in the recruitment.
Should a Persian graduate apply for the BPSC TRE Urdu post instead?
It is worth pricing. Urdu carries 660 class 9-10 posts, the third largest secondary block after Social Science and English, against no published Persian line at that level. Eligibility turns on whether the Urdu subject clause is satisfied by the degree actually held, which the subject annexure of Advertisement 14/2026 decides. The alternative is the class 11-12 table, which holds 16,101 posts and is where Persian is reported to appear this cycle, though those posts require post-graduation in the subject.
When will BPSC TRE 4.0 applications open?
They have not opened as of 22 September 2026. The advertisement set 1 to 30 September 2026 with fee payment by 29 September, that window was postponed before it began, and a widely reported 21 September restart also did not happen. The reason given is that changes were needed in the recruitment process and the online application system. No revised date has been announced. Because a corrigendum is the only route by which class 9-10 Persian posts could enter this cycle, Persian candidates have particular reason to watch the BPSC notice page rather than portal summaries.
