PATNA, Feb. 13 -- With the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) receiving the requisition from the general administration department (GAD) on Wednesday, decks have been cleared for the long-pending Teachers' Recruitment Examination (TRE-4).

BPSC secretary Satya Prakash said there would be around 46,000 vacancies and the advertisement with details would be published in due course.

"The modalities will be worked out at the earliest to issue the advertisement," he added.

This will be the first exam for teachers after the implementation of the domicile policy. In a pre-election announcement, chief minister Nitish Kumar had in August announced preference to domicile in teachers' recruitment.

The vacancies are for Class 1-12 teachers unde...