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UP PRT RECRUITMENT 2026 AT A GLANCE

The Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission (UPESSC), Prayagraj, is hiring 12,405 Assistant Teachers (Primary) under Advertisement No. 05/2026. The deadline was moved from 15 October to 28 October 2026 for both the application and the fee, and the correction window now runs until 31 October. The written exam is on 3 and 4 December 2026.

TWO POSTS, ONE EXAM

• Assistant Teacher, Primary (Urban): 11,508 posts in urban primary schools under the Basic Education Department, spread across 75 districts. Age 21 to 40.
• Assistant Teacher, Sambaddh Primary: 897 posts in non-government aided schools under the Secondary Education Department (473 in boys' schools and 424 in girls' schools). Minimum age 21, and 62 is the superannuation age.

Both posts carry Level 6 pay (₹35,400 to ₹1,12,400). You'll state your school-type preference while applying, and it can't be changed after the deadline, so decide before you start.

WHO CAN APPLY

You need a graduate degree, a recognised teaching qualification (BTC/D.El.Ed, Special BTC, B.El.Ed or an RCI-approved special education diploma) and a TET pass. Age is counted on 1 July 2026. For the Urban post, UP's SC, ST and OBC candidates get 5 years of relaxation, UP's PwBD candidates 15 years, and ex-servicemen 3 years plus their service; Shiksha Mitras can apply up to 60. If you qualify for more than one relaxation, only the most beneficial one is given.

HOW TO APPLY, STEP BY STEP

1. Open upessc.up.gov.in and complete One Time Registration (OTR). An OTR from an older or different portal is not valid.
2. Pay the fee through the online gateway: ₹1,000 for General, OBC and EWS, ₹500 for SC/ST, ₹300 for PwBD (credit card, debit card or net banking).
3. Fill the application in English and choose your school-type preference.
4. Upload your photo (JPG/JPEG, 30–300 KB, 300–600 pixels) and signature on white paper (JPG/JPEG, 10–200 KB, 140 × 110 pixels).
5. Upload your certificates as PDFs of 50–500 KB each.
6. Check every detail, because category, sub-category, date of birth and gender can't be changed after final submission, and submit.
7. Print 3 copies of the application. Two of them, with your documents, go to document verification.

THINGS THAT CATCH PEOPLE OUT

• OTR plus fee without a completed application form is not a valid application.
• Fees paid against an erroneous application are not refunded or adjusted, so use the correction window only for genuine mistakes.
• Reserved-category candidates who are not original UP residents are treated as General.
• OBC-NCL certificates must be valid for 2026-27, and caste, EWS and PwBD certificates must be in the UP Government formats given in the notice.
• Bring an NOC if you are already employed. A false declaration can lead to cancellation and a ban.

VACANCIES

Sambaddh Primary (897): General 378, SC 348, OBC 164, EWS 7, ST 0. Urban Primary (11,508): UR 4,746, EWS 1,116, OBC 3,069, SC 2,379, ST 198. Within these, 429 posts are for PwBD candidates, 97 for dependents of freedom fighters and 540 for ex-servicemen.

Selected districts (Urban)

Bareilly – 888 Kanpur Nagar – 758 Meerut – 635 Aligarh – 492 Saharanpur – 448 Lucknow – 444 Ghaziabad – 405 Varanasi – 378 Agra – 315 The full 75-district table is in Table-1 of the official notice. Vacancies can go up or down.

EXAM PATTERN

120 multiple-choice questions, 360 marks, 2 hours, bilingual (Hindi and English), OMR sheet. Each correct answer earns 3 marks, and each wrong answer costs 1. If the exam is held in several shifts, scores are normalised. The merit list is prepared from the written exam, and ties are broken by graduation percentage, then training qualification percentage, then age.