Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission (UPESSC)

The Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission was established under the Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission Act, 2023, notified on August 21, 2023, as U.P. Act No. 15 of 2023. In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 27 of the Act, the Government of Uttar Pradesh, Higher Education Department-5, issued the Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission Rules, 2023 through Notification No. 3118/Seventy-5-2023-25-2019-T.C.-18, dated December 13, 2023.

The Commission is responsible for selecting teachers and other teaching personnel for the following institutions:

• Aided non-government colleges and aided minority colleges.
• Aided non-government intermediate colleges, higher secondary schools, high schools and their affiliated primary schools, along with corresponding aided minority institutions.
• Schools run and managed by the U.P. Basic Education Board, Prayagraj; aided junior high schools and their affiliated primary schools; and aided minority junior high schools and their affiliated primary schools.
• Institutions run by the Atal Residential School Committee.
• Certificate-level government Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) under the Department of Vocational Education and Skill Development, for the selection of instructors.

The Commission is also responsible for conducting and organising the Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (UPTET).

Teaching Posts Covered by the Commission

Section 2(1)(d) of the Act defines a “Teacher” as a person appointed to impart instruction in an institution. This definition also includes Principals, Vice-Principals and Head Teachers.

The Commission receives online recruitment requisitions, known as adhiyachans, from the departments and institutions covered by the Act. These requisitions relate to the selection of candidates for the following posts:

• Principals, Headmasters and Head Teachers in the institutions concerned.
• Assistant Professors in colleges.
• Lecturers, or Post Graduate Teachers (PGTs), in intermediate colleges and Atal Residential Schools.
• Assistant Teachers in high schools, junior high schools, affiliated primary schools and Atal Residential Schools.
• Instructors in government Industrial Training Institutes.

Merger of the Earlier Recruitment Bodies

Through Government Order No. 980/Seventy-5-2024-12/2024, dated August 8, 2024, the Higher Education Department-5 dissolved the U.P. Higher Education Service Commission, Prayagraj, and the U.P. Secondary Education Service Selection Board, Prayagraj. Both bodies were merged into the Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission, Prayagraj, bringing their recruitment responsibilities under a single commission.