UP Super TET 2026 applications are now open for 12,405 Assistant Teacher posts in Uttar Pradesh. Current reporting based on Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission recruitment Advertisement 05/2026 shows that the drive includes 11,508 Assistant Teacher (Urban) posts under the Basic Education Department and 897 Assistant Teacher posts attached to primary sections under the Secondary Education Department.
The online registration and application window opened on September 16, 2026. Candidates must complete the UPESSC One Time Registration (OTR) process before applying. Current reports consistently place the application and fee-payment cutoff on October 15, 2026, with application corrections allowed through October 19, 2026.
UP Super TET 2026 vacancy split: where are the 12,405 posts?
The 12,405 vacancies are not one single undifferentiated post category.
11,508 posts are reported for Assistant Teacher (Urban) under Uttar Pradesh’s Basic Education Department. Another 897 posts are for Assistant Teacher positions connected with primary sections in non-government-aided secondary institutions under the Secondary Education Department.
This distinction matters because candidates should not assume that every qualification, category rule or vacancy condition is identical across the two post groups. The controlling detailed advertisement should be checked for the specific post being selected.
Is ‘UP Super TET 2026’ the official recruitment name?
Current education and recruitment coverage widely describes the 12,405-post drive as UP Super TET 2026. The more precise official identity available from the current evidence is the UPESSC Assistant Teacher recruitment under Advertisement 05/2026.
Candidates searching for ‘Super TET’ should therefore verify that they are opening the UPESSC Advertisement 05/2026 Assistant Teacher application rather than a different TET, Special TET, PGT or other teacher-recruitment notice.
What are the important application dates?
The October 15 cutoff is the main current reader-action deadline. Candidates should not wait for the correction window to complete an otherwise unfinished application or unpaid fee unless the detailed UPESSC instructions explicitly permit that state.
What must you do before applying?
UPESSC’s current recruitment process requires One Time Registration. OTR is therefore a prerequisite to the recruitment application rather than a substitute for the final Assistant Teacher form.
Use the official UPESSC recruitment system and make sure the OTR information belongs to the correct candidate.
Confirm that you are applying for the 12,405-post Assistant Teacher recruitment rather than another UPESSC examination.
Check whether you are applying for Assistant Teacher (Urban) or the attached-primary Assistant Teacher category.
Check the educational, teacher-training, TET, age, reservation and any post-specific conditions before payment.
Current reporting places the cutoff on October 15, 2026. Save the submitted application or acknowledgement available through the official system.
The current reported correction deadline is October 19. Check which fields UPESSC actually allows candidates to change.
What eligibility is confirmed?
The recruitment is for Assistant Teacher posts, and current coverage states that detailed educational qualifications and other eligibility conditions are contained in the UPESSC Advertisement 05/2026 information brochure.
TPS did not directly retrieve that complete brochure during this research pass. For that reason, this article does not convert secondary summaries of graduation percentage, specific teacher-training credentials, TET combinations, age relaxations or category rules into universal eligibility instructions.
Before submitting or paying for an application, candidates should compare their own qualification against the detailed UPESSC advertisement for the exact post category.
Do not confuse this recruitment with UPESSC PGT recruitment
UPESSC also announced a separate recruitment for 2,607 Lecturer/PGT posts. Those vacancies are not part of the 12,405 Assistant Teacher total and follow a separate application schedule.
A candidate interested in the Assistant Teacher recruitment should use the Advertisement 05/2026 route rather than combining the PGT figures or deadlines with this application.
When is the written examination?
The written-examination date should be verified from the controlling UPESSC detailed notice before candidates make travel or preparation decisions.
Several current reports give December 3 and 4, 2026, while one current report presents a conflicting November date and also notes uncertainty in the underlying notice wording. Because TPS did not directly retrieve the detailed Advertisement 05/2026 brochure in this pass, the exam date remains an unresolved point here rather than being presented as settled fact.
What counts as completing the application?
Candidates should not treat OTR creation alone as completion of the Assistant Teacher recruitment application. The current process separates OTR from the recruitment-specific form and required fee/payment stage.
After submission, preserve whatever confirmation, application printout or payment acknowledgement the official UPESSC system provides. That record is useful if a payment, correction or later admit-card issue has to be checked.
Could the deadline be extended?
No extension is established in the evidence reviewed for this first publication. The working deadline remains October 15 for the application/fee stage and October 19 for permitted corrections unless UPESSC publishes a later corrigendum or extension.
This same URL should be updated if UPESSC changes the vacancy total, application deadline, eligibility conditions, fee rules, correction window or examination schedule.
What happens after the application window?
The recruitment is expected to move from application and correction into the written-examination stage. The exact final exam schedule, admit-card timing and later selection steps should be taken from subsequent UPESSC notices rather than assumed from generic Super TET guidance.
Verification method
ThePulseSignal checked the official UPESSC website and reconciled the live recruitment state against multiple current reports describing Advertisement 05/2026, the 12,405-post vacancy split, OTR requirement, September 16 application opening, October 15 application/fee cutoff and October 19 correction deadline.
Limitations and unresolved facts
TPS did not directly retrieve the complete Advertisement 05/2026 brochure during this research pass. Detailed eligibility, category-wise fees, reservation conditions, permitted correction fields and the final written-examination schedule therefore require confirmation from the controlling UPESSC notice. Current secondary reporting conflicts on the exam date, so TPS does not treat a specific examination date as confirmed in this version.