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At a glance
The facts most likely to change your decision.
- Vacancies
- Not announced Vacancies will be added only after an official notice publishes them.
- Education
- 12th · Graduate · Professional degree In the previous cycle (Notification No.02/TRC-1/2024 dated 12 Feb 2024) post-wise qualifications were those prescribed in G.O.Ms.No.11, School Education (Exams) Department dated 12 Feb 2024 and set out in the Information Bulletin, and hall tickets were generated only for candidates who had qualified in the AP TET. Candidates also had to have passed SSC in the medium applied for, or Intermediate or a degree with that medium or language. The current cycle's qualifications are not published yet.
- Age
- 18 to 44 years as on 1 July of the notification year, with the maximum raised to 49 for SC, ST, BC and EWS candidates and 54 for physically challenged candidates, and ex-servicemen allowed to deduct their armed-forces service plus three years, in the previous cycle (Notification No.02/TRC-1/2024 dated 12 Feb 2024 for the AP Teacher Recruitment Test); the current cycle's age rule is not published yet. Relaxations and cut-off dates are category-specific.
- Application fee
- Rs 750 for each post applied for, paid separately through the payment gateway, in the previous cycle (Notification No.02/TRC-1/2024 dated 12 Feb 2024); the current cycle's fee is not published yet. Use the official payment instructions only.
- Pay
- In the previous cycle (Notification No.02/TRC-1/2024 dated 12 Feb 2024) every selected candidate was first appointed as an apprentice teacher for two years on a monthly stipend prescribed by the Government, and placed in a regular post with a regular pay scale only on satisfactory completion of the apprenticeship; the current cycle's terms are not published yet. Gross and in-hand pay vary by posting and allowance.
- Recruitment cycle
- Next cycle State · Andhra Pradesh
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Vacancies & reservation
What is known, what overlaps and what remains unreported.
Current published countNot announced
Check source ↗Category table not available here
Check the latest official notice for the post- and category-wise distribution.
How to read reservation: UR, EWS, OBC, SC and ST are vertical categories. PwBD, women, ex-servicemen and similar horizontal reservations can overlap them and must not be added again to the total.
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Complete timeline
One record from notification to final outcome.
No current-cycle dates announced
This timeline will be dated only after the recruiting body publishes a schedule.
04
Who can apply?
A readable first check—not a legal eligibility decision.
Basic eligibility paths
- A pass in the Andhra Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test is one of the minimum qualifications for appointment as a teacher for classes I to VIII under the RTE Act 2009 and NCTE norms, as restated in APTET Notification No.01-APTET-JUNE-2026 dated 5 Jun 2026.
- That notification also warns that qualifying in APTET confers no right to appear in the Teacher Recruitment Test without the qualifications prescribed in the statutory recruitment rules.
- In the previous cycle (Notification No.02/TRC-1/2024) candidates chose among Government, Zilla Parishad, Mandal Parishad, Municipal, Municipal Corporation and Tribal Welfare Ashram schools after selection, and no waiting list was maintained.
- Confirm the post list, age, local-cadre and category rules in the current-cycle DSC notice when it is published.
Relaxations & certificates
- SC/ST, OBC-NCL, PwBD and ex-servicemen relaxations follow the applicable notification.
- Always check the certificate format and cut-off date in the official notice.
If your degree title, age, domicile or category certificate is unusual, mark yourself “check required” and read the official wording.
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Selection process & syllabus
Stage by stage, without mixing recruitment years.
Selection stages
- 1Written Teacher Recruitment Test (TRT) for the post applied for
- 2Merit list drawn with 20% weightage for the APTET score and 80% for the TRT written test, per APTET Notification No.01-APTET-JUNE-2026 dated 5 Jun 2026
- 3In the previous cycle (Notification No.02/TRC-1/2024) the TRT was a computer-based test held district-wise, lasting two and a half hours, or three hours for School Assistant (Physical Education)
- 4Certificate verification under the current-cycle notification
Syllabus snapshot
- In the previous cycle the syllabus for the Teacher Recruitment Test was hosted on the Commissioner of School Education's website and the notification described it as suggestive and indicative rather than exhaustive (Notification No.02/TRC-1/2024 dated 12 Feb 2024); use the current cycle's syllabus when it is published.
- The structure and syllabus for each category of post are published in the Information Bulletin issued with the notification.
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Application document checklist
Prepare before the portal gets busy.
Recent passport-size photograph and scanned signature
Government photo ID with the same name used in the application
Education certificates and marksheets
Category, EWS, PwBD or ex-serviceman certificate, if claimed
Domicile or language proof where the notification requires it
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Official links & source record
Go straight to the recruiting body.
websiteAP TET-to-DSC portalwebsiteCommissioner of School Education, Andhra PradeshnoticePrevious cycle - Teacher Recruitment Test Notification No.02/TRC-1/2024 (PDF)
- Primary source
- Commissioner of School Education, Andhra Pradesh - departmental portal, read with the previous cycle's Notification No.02/TRC-1/2024
- Published / changed
- Departmental portal checked 4 Aug 2026; previous-cycle notification dated 12 Feb 2024
- Last checked
- 4 Aug 2026, 19:40 IST
Official notices, corrigenda and recruiting-body pages have final authority. This page is a reading aid.