India, Sept. 2 -- The conduct of Teachers' Recruitment Examination (TRE-4) for around one-lakh vacancies of teachers as part of Nitish Kumar government's major job push in poll-bound Bihar may get a bit delayed.

In keeping with the growing demand from aspirants, the government is now planning to hold the Secondary Teachers' Eligibility Test (STET) prior to TRE-4, though a final decision is yet to be taken, said an official familiar with the matter.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had in July directed the education department to identify teachers' vacancy at the earliest to initiate the process for holding TRE-4, with 35% reservation for native woman candidates. The idea was to complete the process before the model code of conduct comes into...