Appointment of 72,825 Teachers on the list: Would be done by 31 March 2013

The state basic education department published the online applications for the recruitment of teachers in primary schools on 7 December 2012.

The recruitment process kick started post the state government approved the amendment in the UP Basic Education (Teachers) Service Rules, 1981 . Post which a provision for temporary appointment can be done in primary schools.

Now that the provision has been approved by the U.P cabinet, candidates with a Bachelor of Education (BEd) and Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) qualification conducted by CBSE or UP TET are eligible to apply for the job. The last date for registration is 31 December 2012, and apparently, the appointment of 72,825 teachers in primary schools will be done by 31 March 2013.

A number of 1.6 lakh posts are lying vacant in primary schools as of now, while in junior high schools, the number of vacant posts is up to 2,57,939. In Lucknow region alone, there are 17,102 posts lying vacant. Gonda division which has four districts - Gonda, Balrampur, Bahraich and Shravasti will see 4,000; 1,800; 4,000 and 1,200 appointments respectively.

Plan is that a whopping 3,300 teachers will be appointed in the Moradabad division, while 1,474 teachers will be appointed in the Kanpur division.

The fact is that the appointments in primary schools in Uttar Pradesh haven’t happened since 2008, but with the of coming in of Right to Education Act ( RTE), 2009, which came into effect in April 2010, and the decision of not appointing any un trained teacher in primary and junior high schools across the country , the U.P brigade is sure game to get some pretty trained and apt teachers for themselves.