Overview
- The Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission made UPTET admit cards available on Tuesday, June 30, and candidates must download a printed hall ticket and carry a valid photo ID to sit the exam on July 2–4.
- A total of 19,94,661 candidates will appear at 955 centres across 60 districts in five shifts, making this one of the state’s largest teacher-eligibility exercises.
- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed a separate TET for about 1.85 lakh in-service teachers and the state has granted special leave to Basic Education Department staff for their exam dates.
- Officials have put multi-layer safeguards in place, including biometric/iris checks, AI-enabled CCTV linked to a command-and-control room, UP STF monitoring, district observers and mandatory full rehearsals of centre arrangements.
- The examination will be held in offline OMR mode with 150 multiple-choice questions to be answered in 150 minutes with no negative marking, and authorities have set up help desks at transit hubs and extra transport coordination to reduce candidate disruptions.