PRAYAGRAJ: After a wait for four long years, the authorities of Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Service Selection Board (UPSESSB) has started the process for the biggest ever recruitment by the board. In one go, the board would be filling up 15,508 posts of teachers in government-aided secondary schools of the state.
The recruitment includes 12,913 vacancies of trained graduate teachers (TGT) and 2,595 posts of postgraduate teachers (PGT) of various subjects.
Ending the wait for these recruitments, the online applications for the these vacant positions can be filled at the board’s website www.upsessb.org and https://pariksha.up.nic.in/, informed exam controller, UPSESSB, Naval Kishore.
According to the board, the interested aspirants can register themselves by November 27 and the last date of depositing the fee is also November 27. However, the last date of completing all formalities and submitting the duly filled online form is November 30, said the official.
The UPSESSB officials had initially sent a proposal for recruitment drive against a total of 17,011 vacant posts including 12,949 posts of TGTs, 2,609 posts of PGTs and another 1,453 posts of principals. However, following adjustment of some positions and non-starting of recruitment against vacant posts of principals ended up bringing down the number of vacant seats to 15,508, that are to be filled through this recruitment drive.
Earlier, the board had also resolved to speed up its recruitment process by announcing to form pool of subject experts to expedite the recruitment process. These experts would be chosen based on their experience and merit. They would then help the board conduct the recruitments by contributing in the setting of question papers for exams, doing evaluation work and by also being part of the interview panels, the official said.