The much awaited recruitment process for Trained Graduate Teachers (TGT)(Biology) in Uttar Pradesh has finally ended, almost 13 years after the first advertisement was published. The Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission (UPESSC), Allenganj, uploaded the results on its official website on Saturday, just 12 hours after completing the interviews of eligible candidates.

According to the commission’s secretary, Manoj Kumar, a total of 34 candidates have been selected for appointment in government-aided high schools. The selected candidates include 10 from the unreserved category, 13 from the OBC category and 11 from the SC category.

The interviews were conducted no later than 3 pm on Friday, and the results were uploaded around 3.30 am on Saturday on the official website (the allotment of institutions for the shortlisted candidates will be released separately, Kumar added.

A total of 164 candidates who passed the written exam were called in for interviews. But only 76 candidates (46.34%) appeared before the panel.

Originally advertised on 18 November 2011 for 83 vacancies, recruitment was delayed due to various procedural hurdles. A written exam was finally held on 17 July 2016. However, the interview process stopped because the term of office of the members of the selection board expired. The process was revived only after the Allahabad High Court intervened.

After checking, it was found that only 34 posts remained vacant, a sharp decrease from the original 83.

It is relevant to mention here that the interview was conducted by UPESSC, while the written exam was held by UPSESSB. Established in 2023, UPESSC merged the roles of UPHESC (responsible for recruitment of higher education teachers) and UPSESSB (responsible for recruitment of secondary school teachers) to streamline and ensure a transparent, time bound and uniform selection process.

Meanwhile, Jitendra Yadav, president of the UP TGT and PGT (Biology) Sangharsh Morcha, congratulated the selected candidates but expressed concern over the reduction in the number of seats available. He noted that even though the results have been declared, the battle for the originally announced vacancies is far from over.