PRAYAGRAJ, June 27 -- The Basic Education Council of Uttar Pradesh has reported a surplus of assistant teachers in 16,475 government-run primary (classes 1 to 5) schools, while 39,536 schools have more principals than required. Similarly, according to officials from the state Basic Education Department, 4,145 upper primary schools (classes 6 to 8) have a surplus of assistant teachers, while 3,638 schools have more principals than necessary. For the 2025-26 academic session, the council has released a list on its portal outlining vacancies and surplus teachers to facilitate intra-district transfers and adjustments. As per the list, 29,935 government primary schools are in need of assistant teachers, while 14,245 schools require principals, they added. Likewise, 19,268 upper primary schools require assistant teachers, and 3,602 schools are in need of headmasters. According to Surendra Kumar Tiwari, secretary of UP Basic Education Council, teachers can select a minimum of one and a maximum of 25 surplus schools as their preferred choices for intra-district transfers. The process began with the issuing of the relevant order on May 23. He added that headmasters of primary schools and assistant teachers of upper primary schools can apply interchangeably for the vacancies listed for their respective posts. After submitting their applications online, teachers are required to submit a hard copy of the application to the concerned Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) office. This will be followed by online verification and data locking at the BSA level. Subsequently, a transfer list will be generated using software developed by NIC-Lucknow. The entire process is expected to be completed by June 30. However, due to a two-day delay in releasing the list of surplus and required schools, the revised timeline has not yet been issued....