GO Issued For 8900 Teachers’ Recruitment In Telangana; DSC Now Changed To TRT  

Hyderabad: After a prolonged wait for the DSC notification, unemployed teaching aspirants in Telangana can now rejoice as the government is all set to fill over 8,900 vacant teacher posts in government schools. The Telangana school education department issued a government order for direct recruitment on Tuesday.

According to GO No. 25, the rules apply for all categories of teacher posts in government schools, Zilla Praja Parishad schools and Mandal Praja Parishad schools in the state.

The move comes after a delay of three years which led to protests among unemployed youth, who were waiting for the recruitment process, which used to be conducted by District Selection Committees (DSC) earlier.

In the new format, the recruitment will be made through a selection process as decided by the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC). According to officials, the TSPSC shall conduct a teacher recruitment test (TRT), for which a separate notification will be issued in the next few days. "Out of the total marks of teacher recruitment test (TRT), 20 percent weightage shall be given for Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) score for all the posts, except for School Assistant (Physical Education) and Physical Education Teacher," the GO says.

The scores secured in Andhra Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (APTET), Telangana Teacher Eligibility Test (TSTET) and Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) will be considered as per the qualifying marks decided by the government for each exam.

The GO further states that the number of candidates selected shall be equivalent to the number of vacancies notified. "There shall be no waiting list and posts if any unfilled for any reason, whatsoever shall be carried forward for future recruitment," the GO reads.

The TSPSC shall conduct counselling process of selected candidates. "Detailed guidelines regarding the counselling procedures, etc, will be issued separately," the GO added.

Under this notification, various posts such as school assistants, secondary grade teacher, language pandits and physical education teacher will be filled.