UP govt to set up UP Education Service Selection Commission for appointment of teachers

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The UP government has decided to set up the Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission for the recruitment of teachers in the state.

An overview of the news

• Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath gave necessary guidelines regarding the setting up of the Autonomous Commission in a review meeting on 4 April.

• CM gave necessary guidelines regarding the formation of ‘Uttar Pradesh Siksha Seva Chayan Ayog’ (Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission) as an integrated commission for the selection of candidates.

• Currently, separate authorities, boards and commissions select these teachers.

Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission

• The Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission will be constituted as a corporate and integrated body of teachers' selection commissions.

• The commission will prove to be useful in ensuring a time-bound selection process, better utilisation of human resources and financial discipline.

• This commission will select teachers in basic, secondary, higher and technical colleges of the state.

• The new commission will also conduct the UP Teacher Eligibility Test (UPTET) exam.

Composition of the Commission

• The Vice-Chancellor of Universities or a person with long experience in the Indian Administrative Service will be the chairman of the new integrated commission.

• Senior judges and experienced educationists will be its members.

• Other backward classes, scheduled castes/tribes, women and minorities will also be represented in the commission.