Updates as of September 22, 2026
Home Science carries 12 posts in UPESSC Advertisement 06/2026, and all 12 are in girls' institutions — the boys' institution column for the subject is zero. It is among the smallest subject rosters in a recruitment of 2,607 Post Graduate Teacher posts, against 374 for Hindi and 112 each for History and Mathematics.
StateJobResult (subject-wise table)A second compilation of the same advertisement records the identical split and states plainly that Home Science seats are exclusively for girls' institutions, which in practice narrows the eligible field for this post far more sharply than for any other subject in the advertisement.
NotifyHereThe written paper is the same for every subject: 120 objective questions for 360 marks in two hours, 90 of them from the subject and 30 from general studies, three marks each with one mark deducted for a wrong answer, followed by a 40-mark interview.
Adda247Applications opened on 18 September 2026, close with fee payment on 17 October 2026 and can be corrected until 21 October 2026. The written examination is scheduled for 15 and 16 December 2026. Fees are 1,500 rupees for general, OBC and EWS candidates, 750 for SC and ST and 500 for persons with disabilities.
9curry notice, Advt 06/2026The recruiting authority is the Uttar Pradesh Education Services Selection Commission. The UP Education Service Selection Commission Act, 2023, assented to on 17 August 2023, repealed the 1982 Act that created the UP Secondary Education Service Selection Board, so older Home Science notices under the UPSESSB name relate to the same recruitment line.
India Code, Act 15 of 2023The UP PGT Home Science paper at a glance
| Item | Figure | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Home Science questions | 90 of 120 | 270 marks |
| General studies questions | 30 of 120 | 90 marks |
| Syllabus units | 6 units | Physiology to extension education |
| Marking | Plus 3, minus 1 | 360 written marks |
| Interview | After written stage | 40 marks |
| Vacancies, Advt 06/2026 | 0 boys, 12 girls | 12 posts |
Ninety questions are spread over six broad units, which works out at roughly fifteen questions a unit if the paper is balanced. That matters more here than in a single-discipline subject: Home Science joins physiology, child development, nutrition, resource management, textiles and extension education under one heading, and a candidate cannot afford to be strong in two of the six.
Dates and windows
| What | When | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Advertisement 06/2026 issued | 15 September 2026 | Confirmed |
| Online application opens | 18 September 2026 | Confirmed |
| Last date to apply and pay fee | 17 October 2026, 11:59 pm | Confirmed |
| Correction window closes | 21 October 2026 | Confirmed |
| Written examination | 15 and 16 December 2026 | Confirmed |
| Admit card | Not announced | Tentative |
| Interview and final result | Not announced | Tentative |
These dates are common to all 26 subjects in the advertisement; Home Science candidates sit within the same two-day window as Hindi, History and Mathematics candidates and there is no separate schedule for the subject. Age limits are 21 years minimum as on 1 July 2026 and a reported maximum of 62 years.
Source: NotifyHere, Advt 06/2026 dates · 9curry notice
What this means for your preparation
Home Science is the outlier in this advertisement, and the numbers say why: 12 posts, none of them in boys' institutions. A candidate who plans around the advertisement's headline of 2,607 vacancies has misread their own position entirely. The second thing candidates get wrong is treating Home Science as a soft, reading-based subject. Its syllabus is six distinct disciplines bolted together — human physiology, developmental psychology, nutrition science, resource management, textile technology and extension education — and the physiology and textile units in particular are technical.
Twelve posts changes how you should apply
With 12 seats in the whole state and all of them in girls' institutions, category reservation and institution preference decide outcomes more than in any other subject here. A roster this small will not have posts in every category at every institution, so the practical first task is not revision but reading the advertisement's reservation table for Home Science line by line and matching it to the categories the candidate can actually claim. Preferences entered in the application form cannot be changed after the correction window shuts on 21 October 2026. Candidates who also hold eligibility for a larger subject should consider whether this is the right application to spend the single cycle on. If the roster carries no post in the candidate's category, that should be established before the fee of 1,500 rupees is paid rather than after.
Six units, and none of them optional
The published syllabus lists Human Physiology and Health, covering cells, tissues, body systems, personal and community hygiene, pollution and communicable and non-communicable disease; Human Development and Family Relations, covering developmental theories, life-span tasks, nursery education, play, family and marriage, and social problems including domestic violence and substance abuse; Food and Nutrition; Home Management; Textile and Clothing; and Extension Education. Ninety questions across six units means no unit can be written off. The usual failure is a candidate who is strong on nutrition and child development, which dominate popular study material, and thin on textiles and extension education, which do not. Extension Education in particular — community development, formal and informal communication systems, leadership and women's empowerment — is the unit most often absent from private study notes, and it is the one a state recruitment for girls' institutions has an obvious reason to test.
Textiles and physiology are the technical ends
The Textile and Clothing unit covers fibre properties, textile manufacture, yarn classification, fabric construction, dyeing and printing, traditional Indian textiles, garment stitching and care and stain removal. This is factual, definitional material with clean right answers, which makes it the most reliable place to bank marks under a minus-one penalty — and also the place where a candidate who skimmed it will be guessing. Human Physiology behaves the same way. Both units reward tabulated revision: fibre-by-fibre property tables, system-by-system physiology, disease classification lists. Prepare them the way one prepares a science paper rather than by reading prose chapters through once.
Food and Nutrition and Home Management need applied practice
The nutrition unit covers food groups, the balanced diet, cooking methods, clinical nutrition and meal planning for different age groups, and Home Management covers classification of resources, the management process, work simplification, financial planning and consumer education. These two units are where questions turn applied — planning a diet for a given age or condition, identifying a management step, applying a consumer protection provision. Rote definitions are not enough. Work through meal-planning problems for the specific groups the syllabus names, and treat consumer education as a legal-awareness topic with dates and rights to be learned rather than a general discussion.
No published Home Science cut-off, so plan without one
The cut-off compilations available for UP PGT list Hindi, History and Mathematics but carry no Home Science row, which is what a twelve-post subject looks like in the data. That means there is no historical benchmark to aim at and no way to say whether Home Science cuts above or below the family average. The sensible response is to plan for a high raw score rather than a target: attempt the full 90 subject questions with an attempt rate governed by confidence, secure the 30-question general studies block that covers polity, geography, economy, science, Uttar Pradesh awareness and current affairs, and avoid speculative guessing, since with twelve seats a single negative mark can be decisive. Past-paper practice is also harder to come by for a subject this small, so the realistic substitutes are TGT-level Home Science papers for topic familiarity and standard postgraduate textbooks for depth.
Common questions
How many UP PGT Home Science vacancies are there in 2026?
Twelve, and all twelve are in girls' institutions — the boys' institution column shows zero for the subject. That is out of 2,607 Post Graduate Teacher posts in Advertisement 06/2026 across 26 subjects. Two separate compilations of the advertisement's subject-wise table give the same split, and one states directly that Home Science seats are exclusively for girls' institutions. Because the roster is so small, candidates should read the category-wise reservation for Home Science in the official advertisement before applying.
Can men apply for UP PGT Home Science in Uttar Pradesh?
The subject-wise table for Advertisement 06/2026 shows no Home Science posts at all in boys' institutions; all twelve are in girls' institutions, and reports of the advertisement describe those seats as exclusively for girls' institutions. Posts in girls' institutions are a separate roster from the boys' roster throughout this recruitment, which carries 278 of the 2,607 posts in total. The definitive statement of who may apply is in the official advertisement on upessc.up.gov.in, which should be checked directly rather than relied on second hand.
What is the UP PGT Home Science syllabus?
Published breakdowns set out six units: Human Physiology and Health, covering cells, tissues, body systems, hygiene, pollution and disease; Human Development and Family Relations, covering developmental theories, life-span tasks, nursery education, play, family, marriage and social problems; Food and Nutrition, including clinical nutrition and meal planning; Home Management, covering resources, work simplification, financial planning and consumer education; Textile and Clothing, from fibre properties to dyeing, traditional Indian textiles and stain removal; and Extension Education, covering community development, communication, leadership and women's empowerment.
How many Home Science questions are in the UP PGT paper?
Ninety of the 120 objective questions are from Home Science and 30 from general studies, the same split as every other subject in the advertisement. Each question carries three marks, giving 270 subject marks within a 360-mark written paper, and one mark is deducted for a wrong or multiply-marked answer. The paper is offline OMR over two hours, and an interview worth 40 marks follows, taking the selection total to 400 marks.
What qualification is needed for UP PGT Home Science?
The general requirement across the advertisement is a postgraduate degree in the concerned subject together with an NCTE-recognised B.Ed, from a recognised university or an institution established by law in India. For Home Science that means a postgraduate degree in the subject; the exact list of accepted degree nomenclatures is set out in the official advertisement and should be checked there, since subject-specific conditions vary within this recruitment. Minimum age is 21 years as on 1 July 2026, with a reported maximum of 62.
When is the UP PGT Home Science exam?
On 15 and 16 December 2026, the common written examination window for all 26 subjects in Advertisement 06/2026. There is no separate Home Science date, and the commission has not published which subjects sit on which of the two days. Applications opened on 18 September 2026, the last date for submission and fee payment is 17 October 2026 and corrections close on 21 October 2026. Admit card and interview dates have not been announced.
