Bihar’s new regulations for government school teachers, non-teaching staff and students | Explained

The Hindu · Amarnath Tewary · 2026-11-06 05:06 UTC

Bihar imposes new regulations banning reels, outsiders, and casual attire in government schools to protect privacy, discipline, and security.

The story so far: The Bihar government on Wednesday (November 4, 2026) imposed new regulations for schoolteachers, non-teaching staff and students instructing them not to make or upload reels on social media without permission from authorities. A week back on October 30, the department had enforced a formal dress code for them. The condition of government schools in Bihar, of late, has hit national headlines and subsequently, has caused major embarrassment to the State government.

Bihar has approximately over 76,000 government schools out of which 47,000 are primarys, 25,000 are upper primary and 5,000 are higher secondary schools. There are 6.6 lakh teachers employed in all these schools. Recently, the BJP-led NDA government painted all 551 government-model schools in saffron, saying they would be equipped with modern facilities for the students. studying there

Published - November 06, 2026 10:36 am IST

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