COVID-19: Chief Minister's new guidelines for conducting UPTET 2021

Lucknow: After a review meeting on Coronavirus situation in the state, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday has asked the authorities to follow COVID-19 protocols while conducting Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (UP TET) 2021. 

UPTET 2021 was supposed to be conducted on November 28 last year. The examination was cancelled as soon as the administration found out about the paper leak. The matter was then, transferred to the STF which made several arrests while investigation.

The examination will now be held on January 23, 2022. The minister also instructed examination centres to stay equipped with sanitizers, masks and infrared thermometers. 

The admit cards for UPTET 2021 has been released on the official website. He said, “While allocating the examination centre, definitely refer to the past record of the institute. Never make institutions with tainted/ suspicious image as the exam centre.”   

Addressing media, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said, "Vaccination drive has been so well that third wave hasn't impacted us as much. Uttar Pradesh vaccinated around over 22.87 crore people, of which 21.37 lakh are children aged between 15-18 years and 3.87 lakh are people above 60 years of age or those with comorbidities with booster doses."