Uttar Pradesh Basic Education Board (UPBEB) conducts Teacher Eligibility Test once in every year for recruiting qualified and professional Primary and secondary teachers in Government as well as various Public schools in the state of Uttar Pradesh. UPTET is the gateway and mandatory selection exam for the candidate who wishes to pursue their career in teaching and have a passion for the same.  After qualifying the exam candidate is eligible to teach students from class 1 to class 8.

At a scheduled time every year UPBEB releases an official notification on its official website upbasiceduboard.gov.in. for registration process of the aspiring candidates. The registration process is an online process however the exams are conducted offline through pen and paper mode in the 200 examination centre spread across the various city of the state.

The UPTET Exam Pattern consists of 2 papers as mentioned below:

• Paper 1: The exam will be taken by the candidates who want to teach students of class 1 to 5
• Paper 2: Candidates who wish to teach students from class 6 to 8 need to qualify this paper.

It is to note that candidate must enter their preferred examination centre which is easily commutable for them. The examination centre allotted to the candidate will be mentioned in the Admit Card which will be published on the official website one or two weeks prior to the scheduled examination date.

The medium of the UPTET examination will be both in Hindi and English, with the exception of language paper meant to test Hindi.

To make the whole evaluation process transparent the answer key of UPTET 2018 Exam will be available on the Official Website of UPBEB within weeks after the successful completion of the Exam.

UPTET 2018 Key Highlights:

• Aspirants need to apply on the official website of UPTET i.e. www.upbasiceduboard.gov.in.
• Candidates from general & OBC category need to pay the registration fee of Rs. 400 and candidates from SC/ST category will have to pay Rs. 200.
• The Admit Card for UPTET 2018 will be published on the official website on October 17, 2018.
• Answer key will be released on the official website on October 29, 2018. Candidates in case of any discrepancy can submit their objections on the answer key till November 1, 2018.
• A panel established by the board will resolve the objections and decision will be given till November 12, 2018.
• The UPTET 2018 Result is scheduled to be released on November 20, 2018.
• Candidates qualified UPTET and awarded UPTET Eligibility Certificate can apply for the respective position with the certificate which is valid for 5 years.

UPBEB releases its results on a scheduled date at their official website and candidates need their Registration Number of UPTET.

The following steps need to be followed to check UPTET Result:

• Aspirant needs to visit the homepage of the official website i.e. upbasiceduboard.gov.in of UPTET.
• Click on the Tab mentioned as ‘UPTET 2018 Result' and the candidate will be redirected to another login page.
• Candidate needs to Log in to that again by using your Registration Number followed by Captcha Code which needs to be filled correctly.
• The result will be displayed on the screen.
• The candidate has to download the same and print out the same for future reference.

The cutoff of UPTET usually depends on the number of applicants appeared for the exam, seat availability and difficulty level of the exam. On the basis of UPTET Cutoff, the conducting body prepares the merit list of qualifying candidates. Candidates who qualify the cutoff are awarded the UPTET Eligibility certificate. You can find below the UPTET Category wise cut off.

Reservation in UPTET will be applicable as per the norms and guidelines of Government of Uttar Pradesh. Seats will be reserved for SC, ST and OBC category as well as the candidates applying through the category of physical disability in all the participating institutions of the states.

UPTET Counseling session requires the candidate to be in possession of the following documents:

1. 10th Grade Marksheet
2. 12th Grade Marksheet
3. Graduation Marksheet and Degree
4. B.ed Marksheet, Degree and Provisional Certificate
5. NCTE Approval Letter
6. TET 1-5 Certificate
7. Nivas Praman Patra (Residential Address Proof)
8. Caste Certificate in case applied through reserve category (OBC/SC/ST)
9. 4 passport size photos

Selection procedure for UPTET is a 3-stage process:

• Selection starts with the registration of the candidate on basis of specified eligibility followed by taking the written exam.
• The selection of the candidates will depend on qualifying the final written exam with the required percentage mandated by the UPBEB.
• On qualifying the degree, the eligibility certificate will be awarded to the candidate and on basis of that candidate can apply for the govt. as well as private schools of the state.

The cut off list for UPTET is prepared by evaluating multiple factors, including:

• The number of applicants applied in that particular session of the UPTET
• Highest marks obtained by a particular candidate
• Total number of the students qualified
• The difficulty level of the examination paper
• The total number of seats available for recruitment in the schools. 

Allahabad Court Order To Remove Teachers without TET

Allahabad High Court has instructed the education bodies to make a move against the TET passed Assistant Teachers, working without fulfilling the required criteria under Clause 5 (2) of Circular of 11 February 2011 of NCTE. The court has asked the Basic Education Officers to examine against the inept teachers.

The direction has been given to the senior Advocate Ashok Khare, RK Ojha, Advocate Anup Trivedi and Vishu Rai on the specific appeals of Prabhat Kumar Verma and many others, the Bench of Justice Dilip Gupta and Justice Jayant Banerjee. With this, the seat has amended the choice of the single-age, which said that for this situation, give the portrayal and make the BSA move. The court said that the applicants cannot be requested to discover who was already a teacher and had the ability to become a teacher of science and math who was most certainly not. This work must be finished by the BSA by looking at and hearing.

The candidates say that numerous such individuals have passed the TET and have been delegated aide educators, who did not take science or math subject in the undergrad. As indicated by 2011 Circular, graduates in science or mathematics only can be an assistant teacher. In the scenario of getting the objection from the court's decision, each BSA should explore and look at which teacher did not complete a degree in Science or Mathematics before passing the TET.