About the exam
- Conducting body
- Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission (UPESSC)
- Department / organisation
- Secondary Education Department, Uttar Pradesh (government-aided schools)
- Advertisement / notification no.
- Advt. No. 08/2026
- Exam level
- State
- Category
- Recruitment
- Sector
- Teaching
- Exam mode
- Offline (OMR / pen & paper) Answers marked on an OMR sheet
- Application mode
- Online OTR (One Time Registration) based
- Exam language / medium
- Hindi and English (language subjects excepted)
Eligibility
- Qualification
- Master’s degree with at least 50% marks + B.Ed (NCTE recognised) + 4 years’ experience as lecturer / assistant teacher in classes 9–12, or 4 years as headmaster of a high school Male candidates cannot apply for girls’ schools; women can apply for both but must choose one
- Age limit
- Minimum 30 years; maximum 62 years (retirement age)
- Age calculated as on
- Age counted as on this date
Application fee
- Fee – General / UR
- ₹2,000 Same fee for all categories
- Fee – SC / ST
- ₹2,000
- Fee – PwD / Divyang
- ₹2,000
Posts, vacancies & pay
- Post / course name
- Principal (Boys and Girls aided schools)
- Total vacancies / seats
- 1,475 All posts unreserved
- Category-wise vacancies
- Boys’ schools 1,318 · Girls’ schools 157
- Pay level / scale
- Level 12 (₹78,800 – ₹2,09,200)
- Job location / posting
- Uttar Pradesh
Exam pattern
- Total questions
- 120 (written exam)
- Total marks
- 400 (360 written + 40 interview)
- Exam duration
- 2 hours
- Question type
- MCQ
- Negative marking
- −1 per wrong or multiple answer
- Marking scheme
- +3 per correct answer
Selection & counselling
- Selection process
- Written exam (360 marks) + interview (40 marks) → merit list Ties: written marks, then interview, then post-graduation %, then B.Ed %, then older age
Official links
Help & contact
- Helpline number
- 08448573939 (application issues, Mon–Sat 9:30 AM–6 PM) Email: Support@upessc.org · Qualification queries: 0532-2466851, upesscprayagraj@gmail.com
