Uttar Pradesh Basic Education Act, 1972

The Supreme Court examined the Uttar Pradesh government's scheme of appointing 1.78 lakh "Shiksha Mitras" on a contractual basis and later attempting to regularise them as Assistant Teachers without meeting the statutory qualifications prescribed under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (R…

The Supreme Court examined appeals filed by Ram Kumar Patel and others against the State of Uttar Pradesh challenging the High Court's order that quashed the Uttar Pradesh Basic Education (Teachers) Service (161st Amendment) Rules, 2012 on the ground of repugnancy with the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) …

The Supreme Court examined challenges to the Uttar Pradesh government's decision to fix minimum qualifying marks of 65% for General and 60% for reserved candidates in the 2019 Assistant Teacher Recruitment Examination (ATRE-2019) after the exam had been conducted, and to allow B.Ed. candidates to participate in the sel…

The Supreme Court examined the eligibility criteria for the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) under the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) guidelines, specifically the meaning of the term “pursuing” in clause 5(ii). The petitioners, who had been appointed as Assistant Teachers while still enrolled in a Teacher …

The appellant, Krishna Hare Gaur, challenged the appointment of respondent No.1 as headmaster on the ground that the latter had used forged experience certificates, violating the U.P. Recognized Basic Schools Rules which require five years of teaching experience. The High Court initially dismissed the appellant's writ …

The Supreme Court examined whether teachers of primary sections (Classes I‑V) in schools that were originally recognised as Senior Basic Schools (Classes VI‑VIII) and later added a primary section are entitled to salaries under the Uttar Pradesh Junior High Schools (Payment of Salaries of Teachers and Other Employees) …