Providing PGT Posts in High School Plus, PGT Qualifications

Up-gradation of 292 High Schools into High School Plus, Providing PGT

PGT posts in 292 High Schools which are recently upgraded. Commissioner of School Education has released proceedings regarding Up-gradation of Schools into High School Plus for Girls from the academic year 2022-23. In this connections CSE has taken steps to provide required teaching staff to the upgraded High School Plus. For this CSE has issued certain orders as per Rc No.ESE02-14/18/2022-E-VI Dt:16/09/2022.

Providing PGT Posts in High School Plus, PGT Qualifications

District Wise High School Plus College List

The attention of the RJDs of school education and DEOs in the state, and they are informed that the following abstract of upgraded schools, district by district, is shown below.

SI. No.	Erest while District	New District	No. of Schools Management wise				Total
SI. No.	Erest while District	New District	Govt	ZP	Mpl	Tribal Welfare	Total
1	Srikakulam	Srikakulam		5			5
2	Vizianagaram	Vizianagaram		1			1
3	Visakhapatnam	Visakhapatnam		4	2		6
4	Visakhapatnam	Anakapalli		4			4
5	East Godavari	East Godavari		9			9
6	East Godavari	ASR		2		1	3
7	East Godavari	Kakinada	2	13			15
8	East Godavari	Konaseema		21			21
9	West Godavari	West Godavari	1	15			16
10	West Godavari	East Godavari		7			7
11	West Godavari	Eluru	1	17			18
12	Krishna	Krishna	1	22	1		24
13	Krishna	NTR		14	2		16
14	Krishna	Eluru		7			7
15	Guntur	Guntur		17			17
16	Guntur	Palnadu		4			4
17	Guntur	Bapatla		9	1		10
18	Prakasam	Bapatla		9			9
19	Prakasam	Prakasam	1	8			9
20	Nellore	SPS Nellore	5	18			23
21	Nellore	Tirupati	2	9			11
22	Chittoor	Tirupati	2	12			14
23	Chittoor	Chittoor		20			20
24	Chittoor	Annamayya		1			1
25	Kadapa	Annamayya		3			3
26	Kadapa	YSR Kadapa		14			14
27	Kurnool	Nandyal	1	2			3
28	Ananthapur	Sri Sathya Sai		2			2
			16	269	6	1	292

Group Wise PGT Post Sanction Criteria

Consequent on introduction of +2 Courses i.e. Intermediate Education Courses in the above 292 High Schools from the Academic Year 2022-23, the following instructions are hereby issued for running the Courses with the necessary teaching staff.

For running the Intermediate Education, the following staff for each course are required in each school.
Bi.P.C / M.P.C / C.E.C One PGT of the respective subject
One language teacher in English
One language teacher in Telugu
One language teacher in Hindi
The required qualifications for subject teachers and language teachers in the cadre of PGT are mentioned hereunder.

Post Graduate Teacher Educational Qualifications for PGT in High Schools Plus Schools

A. Academic Qualifications: Must possess two-year integrated Post Graduate Course from the Regional Institute of Education of NCERT or Master’s Degree from UGC recognized University with at least 50% marks in aggregate in the subjects as specified as under:

PGT (English) – M.A. in English.
PGT(Hindi)- M.A. in Hindi.
PGT(Telugu) – M.A. in Telugu.
PGT (Civics) – M.A. in Political Science / Public Administration/ Politics.
PGT (Commerce) – M.Com. in Commerce with Accountancy / Cost Accounting / Financial Accountancy as a main subject / Master of Financial Analysis provided having B.Com in Graduation level.

Note: Holders of M.Com in Applied / Business Economics are not eligible for the post of PGT-Commerce.

f. PGT (Economics) – M.A., in Economics / Applied Economics / Business Economics / Rural Development / Mathematical Economics / Econometrics.

g. PGT (Maths) – M.A. / M.Sc. in Mathematics / Applied Mathematics /Statistics / Applied Statistics / M.Sc. with Pure Mathematics / M.Sc. Maths & Computer Science / A.O. Maths. And should have studied the subject Mathematics at their Graduation level.

h. PGT (Physics) – M.Sc. in Physics / Electronics / Applied Physics / Nuclear Physics / M.Sc (Tech) Engineering Physics with any specialization / M.Sc. (Tech) Instrumentation / Space Physics/M.Sc. Technical Engineering Physics /M.Sc. (Tech) Engineering Physics /M.Sc. (Tech) Applied Electronics / M.Sc. (Tech) Electronics / M.Sc. Engineering Physics and instrumentation / Meteorology & Oceanography /M.Sc (Tech) Co-Physics / M.Sc. (Astro Physics) /Any Physics based M.Sc. Course of any UGC recognized University And Should have studied the subject Physics at their Graduation level.

i. PGT (Chemistry) – M.Sc. Chemistry with specialization in inorganic / Organic/Physical Chemistry / Medicinal Chemistry / Industrial Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry/M.Sc. with Nuclear Chemistry / Environmental Chemistry / Mineral Chemistry / Fertilizers and Agro Chemicals / Phyto Chemistry &Forest Products / Chemistry of Foods and Drugs / Synthetic Chemistry/ Applied Chemistry / M.Sc. Chemistry (Associate ship Exam in Chemistry) M.Sc, Chemistry with specialization in Petro Chemicals / Natural Products / Polymer Chemistry / Drugs and Pharmaceuticals / Forest Products Chemistry and Should have studied the subject Chemistry at their Graduation Level.

j. PGT (Botany) – M.Sc. in Botany / Life Sciences / Bio Sciences / Genetics / Micro Biology / Bio Technology / Molecular Bio / Plant Physiology / Biological Sciences / Plant Sciences / Environmental Biology / Modern Biology / Experimental Biology / Marine Biology. And Should have studied the subject Botany at their Graduation level,

k. PGT (Zoology) – M.Sc. in Zoology / Life Sciences / Bio Sciences / Genetics/ Micro Biology / Bio-Technology / Molecular Bio / Plant Physiology / Animal Biology / Environmental Biology / Modern Biology / Animal Sciences / Experimental Biology And Should have studied the subject Zoology at their Graduation level.

B. Professional Qualifications for PGT in High School Plus

Must possess B.Ed. recognized by NCTE (or) equivalent degree with Methodology in the concerned subject from UGC recognized University.

Separate action is being taken in consultation with the Government for up-gradation of vacant SGT posts available in the districts into PGT. After finalization posts will be allotted as per the requirement.
The willingness of the School Assistants to work as PGT should be taken before issuing work order.
The working School Assistants (Subject / Language) in the respective upgraded management schools who are qualified and eligible to work as PGT needs to be identified and can be considered for instructing them to teach the Class XI also in addition to their regular classes allotted.
If the School Assistants (Subject / Language) are not available in that school the respective authority should identify the qualified and eligible School Assistants from nearby schools within Mandal / Division and they may be redeployed to the up-graded school to work as PGT in respective subjects.
In respect of Schools where there are 02 same Subject / Language School Assistants including PGT, the concerned Headmaster of the up-graded High School and the concerned District Educational Officer may take appropriate decision for allotment of classes and periods to both teachers.
One increment should be given in addition to their present scale of pay as and when the orders are received from the Government for up-gradation of SGTs as PGTs.
Preference is to be given in identifying the eligible and qualified School Assistants to the female teachers. However, if female teachers are not available, male School Assistants may be identified for issuance of work order.
The present Headmaster of the Up-graded school shall act as Principal of the School, till further orders. If the post of Principal is already in existence in upgraded school the present Principal may be continued.
The RJDSE of the respective school may address a letter to the Commissioner of Intermediate Education, A.P. and Controller of Intermediate Board, A.P., to obtain permission and recognition to run the courses allotted and conduct the Intermediate examination for each academic year respectively, under intimation to this office.
In respect of Non-teaching staff, the instructions issued by the Government vide reference 2nd read above shall be strictly adhered to.
The respective District Educational Officers are requested to identify unutilized vacant SGT posts management wise for the purpose of up- gradation into PGT posts and furnish the same to this office within 10 days.

The Regional Joint Directors of School Education and District Educational Officers in the State are requested to follow the above instructions scrupulously.