PRAYAGRAJ, March 27 -- The recruitment exam for filling up 1,017 vacant posts of Assistant Professors in government-aided degree colleges across the state will be conducted by the Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission (UPESSC) on April 16 and 17 in two shifts-from 9:30 am to 11:30 am and from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm-officials informed.

For this, examination centres have been set up in six districts of the state, including Agra, Meerut, Lucknow, Prayagraj, Gorakhpur and Varanasi, they added.

UPESSC has released a detailed examination schedule in this regard, bringing to an end a wait of three years for the aspirants. The application process for this recruitment had concluded in August 2022 itself.

Around 1.14 lakh candidates h...