Bihar New Regulations for Government School Teachers, Non-Teaching Staff and Students | Explained

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Story So Far: Bihar Government on Wednesday (November 4, 2026) imposed new regulations on teachers, non-teaching staff and students instructing them not to create or upload social media reels without permission from the authorities. A week ago on October 30, the ministry enforced a formal dress code for them. The state of government schools in Bihar has recently grabbed national headlines and subsequently caused major embarrassment to the state government.

Bihar has approximately over 76,000 government schools, of which 47,000 are primary schools, 25,000 upper primary schools and 5,000 higher secondary schools. All these schools employ 6.6 million teachers. Recently, the BJP-led NDA government painted all 551 government model schools saffron, saying they will be equipped with modern facilities for students. study there

Published – November 6, 2026 10:36 AM IST