The UP government has released the notification regarding the rules of the Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission (UPESSC) under which it will be mandatory to give a minimum of 40 per cent marks to the candidates invited for interviews. However, a candidate can receive a maximum of 90 per cent marks in the interview.

The Yogi government has established the commission to ensure fair and transparent selection of qualified and capable teachers and instructors in the state. This commission will conduct examinations for the recruitment of instructors of basic, secondary and higher education as well as vocational education and teachers of aided minority colleges in the state.

“Out of the successful candidates in the written examination, the number of candidates to be interviewed in one board in a day and the number of boards to be conducted each day will be decided by the examination committee, as required,” a government official said.

He said the number of candidates called for interviews from among the successful candidates in the written exam would be three to five times the number of vacancies (as deemed appropriate by the commission). All candidates who obtain the final marks (cutoff) will be invited for interviews. For the position of teachers or instructors, where interviews are necessary, the commission will release a merit list by combining the marks obtained in the written exam and the interview. In cases where only a written exam is conducted, the commission will prepare a merit list panel based on the marks obtained in the written exam only.

If the merit of more than one candidate is equal, first preference will be given to the marks obtained in the written exam. If the marks in the written exam are also equal, the marks obtained in the interview will be considered. In case both marks are equal, the maximum percentage of eligibility (JRF, NET, PhD) will be considered, and if they are still equal, the post-graduate scores will be considered in the end.

If the percentage marks in the written exam, interview, and mandatory eligibility are the same, priority will be given to the candidate with higher age. If the candidate selected by the commission is unable to take up the post in the allotted organisation due to faulty recruitment or due to appointment of a dependent of an employee who died during service or due to any order of the Supreme Court or High Court or termination of the post, a separate process will be followed for their replacement.