UPESSC PRT Assistant Teacher Re-open 2026 Online Form

UPESSC PRT re-open — only for NIOS D.El.Ed-ODL in-service teachers

The Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission (UPESSC), Prayagraj, has re-opened the online application portal for the Assistant Teacher (Primary) recruitment under Advertisement No. 05/2026, for one defined group only. Notice No. 3462 dated 6 November 2026, issued after the Allahabad High Court interim order dated 5 November 2026 in Writ A No. 11920/2026 (Abhishek Pathak and 44 others vs Union of India, Ministry of Education), allows in-service teachers who were in service on 10 August 2017 and who completed the 18-month NIOS D.El.Ed-ODL before 1 April 2019 to apply on an interim basis. Their candidature remains subject to the final orders of the High Court. The portal re-opened on 6 November 2026; the last date to pay the fee and submit the application is 11 November 2026; corrections can be made up to 13 November 2026; and the written examination is on 3 and 4 December 2026.

Who this re-open is for — and who it is not for

This window covers ONLY the NIOS D.El.Ed-ODL in-service teacher group described above. It is not a new recruitment and it does not re-open applications for other candidates: the general application window is closed (Urban 28 October 2026, Sambaddh 4 November 2026). Candidates outside the defined group should not apply in this window.

Posts and pay

12,405 posts in total: Assistant Teacher Primary (Urban) 11,508 and Assistant Teacher Attached (Sambaddh) Primary 897. Pay is Level-6, Rs. 35,400–1,12,400 per month.

Age limit

Urban: 21–40 years as on 1 July 2026. Sambaddh: minimum 21 years, with no maximum age stated (retirement age 62). Other conditions of Advertisement No. 05/2026 apply.

Fee

Rs. 1,000 for General, EWS and OBC; Rs. 500 for SC and ST; Rs. 300 for PwD candidates. The fee and the application must both be completed by 11 November 2026.

Source note

The re-open notice was read from a mirror copy of the official UPESSC notice (Notice No. 3462 dated 6 November 2026) — the UPESSC website returns empty replies from here, the same situation as the earlier Notice No. 3195. The document carries the UPESSC letterhead, number, date and the Deputy Secretary's signature, and its contents were corroborated by the Times of India report of 7 November 2026 and other reports quoting the notice.

How to apply

Apply through One Time Registration (OTR) and the online form on the UPESSC application portal (apply.upessc.org) before 11 November 2026. This is a different item from the Super TET exam-date post already live on this site — that post carries only the exam dates, while this post is about the live re-open window for the defined group.