UPESSC Assistant Teacher Recruitment 2026: 12,405 Posts, Form Re-opened till 11 Nov

UPESSC Assistant Teacher Recruitment 2026 has 12,405 posts, and the form is open again until 11 November 2026 for one group of teachers. The Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission re-opened the portal on 6 November for in-service teachers who hold the 18-month D.El.Ed-ODL from NIOS. The written exam stays on 3 and 4 December 2026.

For most candidates, the dates have already passed. The main window ran from 16 September, and the last date was 28 October for the Urban post and 4 November for Sambaddh Primary candidates who applied on the added qualifications. The re-opening changes nothing for those candidates. It is for one group only, and the rest of this post spells out exactly who that is.

UPESSC Assistant Teacher Recruitment 2026 at a glance

The re-opened window covers one group only

The 6 November notice follows an Allahabad High Court order of 5 November 2026 in Writ A No. 11920/2026. It lets teachers who were in service on 10 August 2017 and held the 18-month D.El.Ed-ODL from NIOS before 1 April 2019 apply for these posts on an interim basis. Their candidature stays subject to the final orders of the High Court in that petition.

If that description does not match you, ignore this window. The fee and the application are both due by 11 November 2026, and corrections close on 13 November 2026. Pay online only, and keep the fee receipt, because you lose the fee if the application turns out defective.

Two earlier notices changed the dates for other groups, and both have now run out. A notice dated 28 October 2026 added two qualifications for the Sambaddh Primary post, the RCI-approved two-year Diploma in Education (Special Education) and the four-year B.El.Ed, and moved that post's last date to 4 November 2026, with corrections till 7 November 2026. Before that, a 15 October notice had moved the last date for both posts to 28 October 2026, with corrections till 31 October 2026. Those windows are closed.

Who can apply for UPESSC Assistant Teacher Recruitment 2026

Both posts need a graduation degree and a pass in a Teacher Eligibility Test. The Urban post also needs a recognised teacher training qualification, such as BTC (now run as D.El.Ed.), two-year BTC (Urdu), Special BTC, the RCI-approved two-year diploma in special education, the four-year B.El.Ed., or the two-year diploma in elementary education under the NCTE Regulations, 2002.

The Sambaddh Primary post needs BTC or D.El.Ed. from an NCTE-recognised course, or one of the two qualifications added on 28 October, plus a TET pass for Classes 1 to 5.

The age rules differ between the two posts. The Urban post takes candidates aged 21 to 40 years as on 1 July 2026. The Sambaddh Primary post sets a minimum of 21 years and no maximum, with the retirement age of the post at 62. Relaxation for the Urban post runs to 5 years for SC, ST and OBC candidates of Uttar Pradesh, 15 years for PwD candidates of Uttar Pradesh, the period of military service plus 3 years for ex-servicemen, and up to 60 years for Shiksha Mitra.

Only the date of birth on the High School certificate is accepted, and reservation benefits go to UP domiciles only.

The seat split is uneven, and it matters for your choice. The Urban post has 11,508 seats: 4,746 UR, 1,116 EWS, 3,069 OBC, 2,379 SC and 198 ST. The Sambaddh Primary post has 897 seats, split into 473 in boys' aided schools and 424 in girls' aided schools. There is no ST seat at all in the Sambaddh Primary post, and only 7 EWS seats in total.

ST candidates should look at the Urban post, which has 198 ST seats.

Both posts carry the same pay, Level-6, Rs 35,400 to Rs 1,12,400, and the notification gives no in-hand figure, so do not trust any site that quotes one.

You must pick a school-type preference while applying, and you cannot change it after the last date. Category, sub-category, date of birth and gender also lock at final submission.

Only the last submitted application counts if you file more than one, and an application left incomplete after OTR and payment does not count.

The exam is 120 questions in two hours

One written examination decides selection, then comes document verification and a medical fitness certificate. The paper has 120 multiple choice questions for 360 marks, to be answered in 2 hours on an OMR sheet, in Hindi and English. Each correct answer carries 3 marks, and a wrong or multiple answer costs 1 mark. If the exam runs in more than one shift, normalisation applies.

Ties break on graduation percentage first, then on the training qualification percentage, and then the older candidate ranks higher. You learn your exam district 10 days before the exam, and the centre comes with the admit card 3 days before. Only a black ball-point pen is allowed on the OMR sheet, and whitener, eraser and blade are banned.

How to apply before 11 November

Start with One Time Registration on upessc.up.gov.in, then open the Assistant Teacher Selection Examination 2026 application under Advertisement 05/2026. Fill the form in English and choose your school-type preference. Upload a signature in JPG or JPEG between 10 and 200 KB, a passport size photograph between 30 and 300 KB, and certificates as PDF between 50 and 500 KB. The exam photo resizer on this site can shrink your photo and signature to the size the form asks for, so sort the files before you start rather than fighting the upload at the last step.

Pay the fee online by card or net banking and submit before 11 November at 11:59 pm if you are in the re-opened group. Save three copies of the submitted form and keep two printed copies for document verification, along with the originals. In-service candidates will need an NOC from their employer at verification, and there is no TA or DA for the exam or for verification.

The Commission is also running a separate drive for Principals and Headmasters, covered in the UPESSC Principal and Headmaster recruitment post on this site. Do not mix the two up. They carry different advertisements, different posts and different dates.

If you hold the NIOS D.El.Ed-ODL and were in service on 10 August 2017, finish the form before 11 November at 11:59 pm and correct it by 13 November. The exam is less than a month away, on 3 and 4 December, so the time after the form closes belongs to preparation, not to paperwork.

Sources & verification: Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission, Notice 3462 dated 6 November 2026 and Advertisement 05/2026 dated 15 September 2026, with the notices dated 28 October 2026 (letter 3195) and 15 October 2026, read 7 November 2026. Apply only through upessc.up.gov.in.