JPSC Lecturer Recruitment 2026 - Apply Online for 349 Posts

Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) has released an official notification for the recruitment of 349 Lecturer Posts. Interested and eligible candidates can apply Online through the official JPSC website. The last date to submit the application form is 12-02-2026. In this article, you’ll find the JPSC Lecturer Posts recruitment details, including eligibility criteria, age limit, salary structure, selection process, application steps, and direct links to the official notification and Online application form.

JPSC Lecturer Recruitment 2026 Overview

Vacancy Details

Eligibility Criteria

• Qualification
• For Engineering/Technology: B.E/ B.Tech/B.S. in relevant discipline with First class or equivalent.
• For Science and Humanities: Master's Degree in appropriate subject with First Class or equivalent at Bachelor's or Master's level.
• For Engineering/Technology: Bachelor's and Master's Degree in relevant discipline with First class in either of the two at the time of selection.
• For Science and Humanities: A Master's Degree with First Class or equivalent in a relevant subject and, must have cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the UGC or the CSIR, or a similar test accredited by the UGC, like SLET/SET.
• Essential Qualification
• Required Qualification and Experience for direct appointment in Diploma Institutions
• Desirable Qualification
• Minimum qualification required for Dress Design & Garment Manufacturing and Interior Design will be as per qualification required for Engineering/Technology as mentioned in the table above.
• Experience
• Teaching/Post Doctoral Experience (02 marks for one year each)#

Salary/ Stipend

• Pay Scale- Entry Pay Rs. 56,100/- Level 9 'A' Entry Pay Rs. 57,700/- Level 10

Age Limit (as on 01-08-2025)

• The retirement age for the post of Lecturer in Government Polytechnic/Government Women Polytechnic Institutes is 65 years.
• According to the Jharkhand Technical Education Service Rules, 2024, there is no minimum age limit for candidates to apply. The maximum age limit for applying is 65 years or less.

Application Fee

• The examination fee for candidates belonging to Unreserved, Economically Weaker Section (EWS), Extremely Backward Classes (Schedule-I) and Backward Classes (Schedule-II) is Rs.600 (Six Hundred) only.
• The examination fee for Scheduled Tribe/Scheduled Caste candidates of Jharkhand State is Rs.150/- (One Hundred Fifty) only.
• Disabled candidates (minimum 40% relevant disability) are exempted from examination fee.

Important Dates

Selection Process

• As per sl. No. 1 to 8 of above Table, merit list will be made and 05 times candidates against each post will be called for document verification. After document verification, amongst the candidates present in document verification, 03 times candidates against each post will be called for interview.
• Selection of candidates will be done as per the Merit list prepared as per Marks obtained for Academic Record/Achievements and Interview as per the Table above.
• The process of selection of Lecturer in Polytechnics shall involve the inviting of the application developed by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC), based on the Assessment Criteria and Methodology guidelines set out in Table of clause 8 of advertisement and reprints of all significant publications of the candidates provided that the publications submitted by the candidate have been published during the qualifying period.
• The Commission shall prepare a merit list in order of preference furnished by the candidate and on the basis of vacancies and reservation roster and shall send recommendation to the appointing authority
• Final merit list shall be prepared from the aggregate marks obtained in both academic and interview stages. In the event of total marks obtained from educational qualifications, interview and experience being the same, candidates having higher marks in Post Graduation will be placed higher in the final merit list. In the event of candidate having same educational qualifications marks, candidate who is older in age according to the date of birth will be placed higher in the final merit list.

General Information/ Instructions

Note - The number of posts may increase or decrease depending on the outcome of the judgments passed in case no. 3419/2020 (Anand Kumar Dalai vs. State of Jharkhand and others), 525/2016 (Dr. Pankaj Kumar vs. State of Jharkhand and others), 2185/2016 (Uttam Kumar vs. State of Jharkhand and others) and 1922/2017 (Bandana Kumari vs. State of Jharkhand and others) filed in the Hon'ble High Court. Note:- If any candidate attains 65 years of age during the selection process, his/her candidature will not be considered. # (a) However, if the period of continuous teaching/Post-doctoral experience is less than one year but more than six months then 01 mark shall be provided. No fractional marks to be given.

(b) Need Based Teachers/Contractual Teachers recruited under the Higher and Technical Education Department, Government of Jharkhand will get 01 additional mark per year of continuous teaching, upto a maximum of additional 5 marks. However, the total marks awarded to such Need Based Teachers/Contractual Teachers out of 80 for Academic record/achievements shall be capped at 80 marks.

(c) The period of time taken by candidates to acquire M.Phil and/or Ph.D. Degree shall not be considered as teaching/research experience.

(d) Candidates completing Ph.D. directly after B.E./B.Tech shall be awarded full marks for Post Graduation.

(e) Candidates completing 5 year integrated M.E./M.Tech course where marks for B.E./B.Tech is not given separately, their marking for graduation shall be done on the basis of marks awarded for M.E./M.Tech.

How to Apply

• The candidate will ensure to submit the self-attested printed copy of the online application and clear and readable self-attested copies of all the required certificates as per clause-15(i) by registered post/speed post and by hand to the address of the Commission office “Controller of Examinations, Jharkhand Public Service Commission, Circular Road, Ranchi-834001” on the scheduled date-25.03.2026 by 5:00 PM.
• Applications will be accepted through OTR (One Time Registration) System on the website of Jharkhand Public Service Commission www.jpsc.gov.in.
• The online application form will be filled by the candidate himself.
• It will be the responsibility of the candidate to keep safe the e-mail Id, Mobile Number and the received User Id and Password mentioned in the online application form.
• After submitting the finally filled online application form, the candidate should login again at the same time and download the filled application form from the “Download Filled Application Section” available on the dashboard and must print two copies of it.
• Before filling the online application form, please read "How to register for OTR" on the Commission's website www.jpsc.gov.in.

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