LUCKNOW: With the Yogi Adityanath government restarting Mission Rozgar to generate employment, as many as 12 lakh candidates are vying for 15,198 posts of teachers in government-aided secondary schools. The post were lying vacant for the past five years.
According to figures shared by the UP Secondary Education Services Selection Board (UPSESSB), which is responsible for selection of teachers in aided schools, over 7.1 lakh candidates have applied for 12,603 vacant posts of the Trained Graduate Teachers (TGT), while there are 4.3 lakh applicants for 2,595 vacant posts of Post-Graduate Teachers (PGT). There are 4,512 aided secondary schools in the state.
The high number of applicants means that there are 78 contenders for every post. While for TGT (eligible to teach up to class 10), there are 56 applicants for every vacant post, the figure for PGT (eligible to teach up to class 12) is 182 for each post.
Deputy secretary of UPSESSB and controller of examinations, Nawal Kishore, told TOI that the number of applicants was high as recruitments were being made after five years. The applications crossed 11.8 lakh mark after the Board extended the online registration dates till May, due to Covid-19 pandemic.
“As preparations to conduct the TGT eligibility test on August 7-8 and PGT eligibility test on August 17-18 enter the final leg, the applicants will be able to download the admit card by the end of July,” Kishore said.
“The test will be conducted in two shifts. We are finalising the list of centres. Candidates will have to wear facemasks and carry sanitizer with them,” he added.
The applications for recruitment of teachers in aided schools were invited in 2016 and the written test was conducted last year. Results of the 2016 applicants was announced only this year.
