Hyderabad: The long awaited notifications for Teacher Recruitment Test to fill 8,792 vacancies in government schools were released by TS Public Service Commission on Saturday.
Of these, 964 vacancies are for English medium teachers.
Over 4 lakh candidates are expected to compete for these posts. This the first teachers recruitment drive being taken up in the state after bifurcation.
The five notifications were issued for 1,941 school assistants , 416 physical education teachers (PET), nine assistants to PET, 1,011 language pandits and 5,415 Secondary Grade Teachers (SGTs).
Applications will be accepted from October 30 to November 30. The TSPSC said the dates of written examination will be announced in the second week of February 2018.
A 20 per cent weightage for score in Teacher Eligibility Test will be provided in recruitment exams for school assistants, SGTs and language pandits.
The local status of candidates will be determined as per Presidential Order. The posts will be filled by taking the district as a unit, the commission said.
