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After the Uttar Pradesh Education Services Selection Commission (UPESSC) postponed the U.P. Post Graduate Teachers (PGT) examination, the authorities and recruitment assemblage faced disapproval from aspirants and the Opposition connected Tuesday (September 30, 2025) implicit the continuous postponements.
Aspirants raised concerns astir the apathetic effect of the authorities machinery successful conducting the examinations, alleging that authorities are playing with the aboriginal of lakhs of unemployed candidates, who are wasting their premier years successful the anticipation of securing authorities jobs. Students alleged that this is the 5th clip the examination, whose notification was released successful April 2022, has been postponed, citing unavoidable reasons.
A announcement issued by the Commission, dated September 29, reads, “It is informed to everyone acrophobic that advertisement fig 02/2022, Lecturer (PGT) written examination, which was scheduled to beryllium held connected October 15 and 16, 2025, has present been deferred owed to unavoidable reasons. The revised dates volition beryllium announced aboriginal by the Board.”
“The advertisement for the insubstantial was released successful April 2022. It was initially to beryllium held successful 2022 itself. Later, aft protests by aspirants implicit delays, the dates of April 11-12, 2025, were fixed. Subsequently, the Board announced June 18-19 arsenic the caller dates. It was past declared that the exam would beryllium held successful August. On August 1, the Commission again notified October 15-16 arsenic the scheduled dates. Now, erstwhile again, the exam has been deferred. This determination is impacting lakhs of aspirants who are postgraduates, unemployed, and see this introspection a large measurement towards upward mobility. They look a bleak and uncertain future, wasting their premier years successful the anticipation of a authorities job,” said Rajat Singh, an aspirant and nationalist enforcement subordinate of Sanyukt Yuva Morcha.
Another aspirant, Vishal Mishra, called the postponement a betrayal by the system. “Like me, thousands of aspirants were waiting for this examination. I have been surviving successful Prayagraj, preparing for the insubstantial for the past 2 years. The hard-earned wealth of my parents is getting wasted, portion the dates of the introspection are repeatedly deferred. The Commission and the authorities are betraying the aspirants,” Mr. Mishra said.
The Uttar Pradesh Education Services Selection Commission (UPESSC), established successful 2023, is entrusted with the work of selecting teachers successful aided non-government colleges, aided number colleges, aided non-government intermediate colleges, higher secondary schools, schools tally and managed by the U.P. Basic Education Board, aided inferior precocious schools and their affiliated superior schools, arsenic good arsenic aided number inferior precocious schools and their affiliated superior schools.
The Commission’s announcement connected the postponement came conscionable days aft Chairperson Kriti Pandey submitted her resignation to the Education Department.
The Opposition parties deed retired astatine the State authorities implicit the delay, alleging it is playing with the aboriginal of unemployed aspirants. “When the Uttar Pradesh Education Services Selection Commission is incapable to behaviour the examination, past wherefore is it not dissolved? What could beryllium the inevitable reasons that cannot beryllium explained? Transparency ensures honesty and spot successful the system. There is thing that is hidden,” wrote Akhilesh Yadav, the Samajwadi Party (SP) president.
Senior Congress person Anil Yadav said, “These unending delays for years are a transgression enactment against students who are preparing for examinations. What is the worthy of a Selection Commission, if insubstantial is not conducted. Students are forced to spent years successful hunt of a job, investing lakhs successful mentation and accommodation, the authorities is liable for delay.”
