UP TGT Bharti 2026: Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission (UPESSC) has recently released a notification for Pre-trained Graduate Teacher (TGT) Recruitment 2026. Along with this, the application process for recruitment to 17,735 TGT posts in UP has started. Applications for recruitment to these posts can be made till 23 November. So the exam is possible in December. It is believed that the UP government has announced the process of TGT Recruitment 2026 in view of the assembly elections, but another interesting information regarding TGT Recruitment 2026 has come to light. This is said to be the largest TGT recruitment in the history of UPESSC.
Let’s know the whole matter in detail. Know why TGT Recruitment 2026 is being called the biggest in the history of UPESSC. For example, we will know how many vacancies recruitment process was conducted by UPESSC till now.
UPESSC was formed in 1982
The journey of Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Service Selection Board (UPESSC) began in 1982. Actually, UPESSC was formed in the year 1982. The first advertisement for TGT recruitment was released by UPESSC in 1983. Meanwhile applications were invited to fill 2500 posts of TGT. Since then, UPESSC has conducted more than 12 TGT recruitments, but this is the first time that such a large number of TGT posts are being filled. For this reason, it is being called the biggest TGT recruitment in the history of UP.
TGT recruitments were done earlier in UP
After the formation of UPESSC, more than a dozen TGT recruitments have been conducted in UP. Come, let’s know how many posts applications were invited for TGT recruitment in which year.
- Year – Post no
- 1992 -1,500
- 1996- 2,200
- 1999 – 1,800
- 2001- 2,100
- 2002- 1,650
- 2004- 2,400
- 2005 -2,800
- 2009- 3,400
- 2011-1,450
- 2012- 4,600
- 2016- 7,950
- 2021-12,603
- 2026-17,735
Opposition to TGT Recruitment 2026 Revised Rules and Regulations
UPESSC has released the notification of TGT Recruitment 2026 after the amendment of the rules, under which the TGT recruitment will be conducted based on the new rules. Under the amendment, TET has been made mandatory for TGT recruitment. Candidates are opposing the revised rules. In this regard, candidates applying for recruitment to physical education posts say that if it is not possible for BPEd or BPE qualified candidates to fill the TET form, how can the requirement of certificate be enforced.
