Uttar Pradesh Relaxes Educational Qualification for Government Teacher Recruitment

The Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission (UPESSC) has given a big relief to millions of youth and B.Ed.-D.El.Ed candidates who are dreaming of becoming government teachers in Uttar Pradesh. The commission has made a major change in the educational qualification for recruitment to the posts of Trained Graduate TGT-Assistant Teacher in aided secondary schools. Under the new order, the commission has completely exempted certain categories of candidates from the mandatory condition of minimum marks at the undergraduate level, such as 50 percent in graduation or 45 percent in post-graduation. This decision will give special benefit to those candidates who were confused about applying due to the minimum marks requirement. According to the notification issued by the Deputy Secretary of the Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission, Dr. Sanjay Kumar Singh, this special exemption will not be applicable to every candidate. Rather a certain time limit has been fixed for this. The candidates who had taken admission in graduate teacher-training programs such as B.Ed., D.El.Ed. or elementary education on or before 29 July 2011, will be given exemption from this rule only if they had taken admission in graduate training programs such as B.Ed., D.El.Ed., or