Patna: Bihar cabinet on Tuesday gave its nod for filling 4,799 posts of various categories in different departments and corporations of the state govt.A maximum of 2,361 posts of different categories have been created in the education department, followed by 1,350 posts in the urban development and housing department. A total of 47 decisions were taken at the cabinet meeting chaired by CM Nitish Kumar. The cabinet approved the education department’s proposal for creation of 1,503 posts that included 568 posts of the education development officer (EDO) and 935 posts of the assistant education development officer (AEDO) under the Bihar Education Administrative Cadre Rules 2025, additional chief secretary (ACS) S Siddharth said here after the cabinet meeting. The decision to create these posts will help carry out micro monitoring of schools right from primary to higher secondary level to ensure quality education in the state, he said.The AEDO will be given the job of inspecting and monitoring schools of every 10 panchayats while the EDO will monitor schools at block-level. Notably, there are 8,053 panchayats while there are 534 blocks in the state.It also created 818 posts for the Bihar State Educational Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. Besides, two posts of estate officers and 38 posts of assistant estate officers were created for three years on a contract basis.The cabinet also gave urban development and housing department’s proposal for creation of 1,350 posts for running offices constituted under the Planning Area Authority in every district, Siddharth said.It also created 653 posts for Bihar State Jeevika Fund Credit Cooperative Federation Ltd, Patna constituted under Bihar Cooperative Society Act 1935, the ACS said.The cabinet also gave its nod for the creation of 15 posts in the general administration department while 28 posts have been created for expansion and strengthening of the public health engineering department (PHED).It also gave its nod to urban development and housing department’s proposal to expand the area of municipal councils of Phulwarisharif, Danapur Nizamat and Khagaul in Patna district. It would enable the residents to get facilities provided by urban local bodies. Besides, the move would increase the urban area. The decision would extend Phulwarisharif’s municipal area by 16.51 square km while Danapur’s 23.14 sq km and Khagaul’s 9.4 sq km.In yet another important decision, children (3-6 years) getting pre-school education at Anganwadi Kendras will now get uniforms prepared by the Jeevika.The cabinet took a decision in this regard making an amendment in the existing provision as per which Rs 400 per child per year is transferred into the bank accounts of parents.Two sets of uniforms will be provided by the Jeevika at Anganwadi Kendras, the ACS said, adding that Jeevika would get an annual increase of 5% in the rate of uniform.The cabinet gave its nod to handover five acres of land located on the southern flank of river Ganga at Mauja Dujra Diyara in Patna on temporary lease for 25 years to the Inland Waterways Authority of India to repair ship and construction of dry dock, the ACS said.