UPESSC Advertisement No. 06/2026 is the 2026 Pravakta (PGT/Lecturer) recruitment for non-government aided secondary schools in Uttar Pradesh. The recruitment has 2,607 vacancies: 2,329 in the Balak (boys' institutions) stream and 278 in the Balika (girls' institutions) stream. That means the Balak stream carries 89.34% of all notified seats, while the Balika stream accounts for 10.66%.
The vertical reservation arithmetic is internally consistent across the two streams. Balak vacancies are UR 1,027 + OBC 585 + EWS 201 + SC 516 + ST 0 = 2,329. Balika vacancies are UR 132 + OBC 65 + EWS 14 + SC 67 + ST 0 = 278. Combined, the 2,607 seats are UR 1,159 (44.46%), OBC 650 (24.93%), EWS 215 (8.25%), SC 583 (22.36%) and ST 0. These percentages are SarkariSapna calculations from the notified vacancy counts; they are not separate quotas invented by this record.
The recruitment covers 26 PGT subjects. Subject-wise educational eligibility is not identical across all subjects, so this aggregate record deliberately does not force one generic qualification taxonomy onto every vacancy. Applicants must match their exact postgraduate/teacher-training qualification against the subject row in Advertisement 06/2026. Several subjects use a relevant postgraduate degree plus the prescribed teacher-training qualification, while special subjects have subject-specific conditions. This is an important eligibility filter: a generic 'any postgraduate' interpretation can be misleading.
The online application is OTR-based. The application window opened on 18 September 2026 and remains open through 17 October 2026; the correction deadline is 21 October 2026. As of 6 October 2026, the recruitment is still open. No application closing time is stored because an exact official closing time was not independently verified.
The notified age reference date is 1 July 2026. The minimum age is 21 years and the notice treats 62 years as the superannuation/upper boundary for the PGT post. Generic category-relaxation numbers are not inserted here because this record does not substitute common state rules for the advertisement's exact provisions.
Pay is Pay Matrix Level-8, Rs. 47,600-1,51,100. No estimated in-hand salary is added because actual monthly take-home depends on allowances and deductions.
The selection structure is materially different from the UPESSC Primary Teacher recruitment. PGT selection includes a written examination followed by interview. The reported scheme is 360 marks for the written paper and 40 marks for interview, so the final 400-mark structure gives the written stage 90% weight and the interview 10%. The written paper is reported as 120 objective questions, with +3 for a correct answer and -1 for a wrong or multiple-marked response. In arithmetic terms, three wrong answers erase the marks gained from one correct answer, which makes blind guessing materially costly. The written examination is scheduled for 15 and 16 December 2026.
Candidates should use the official UPESSC advertisement and application portal as the controlling sources, especially for exact subject eligibility, reservation certificates, document requirements, and any later corrigendum.
