Academic Instructors Engagement 2026 Guidelines in AP Schools

Academic Instructors Engagement 2026 Guidelines in AP Schools, Academic Year 2026-27 - Engagement of 6534 Academic instructors in Govt / ZPP / MPP / Municipality and Municipal Corporation Schools in the state for a period of 8 months 

School Education - Academic Year 2026-27 - Engagement of 6534 Academic instructors in Govt/ZPP/MPP/Municipality and Municipal Corporation Schools in the state for a period of Eight(8) months - Permission Accorded - Instructions Issued  Rc.No.ESE02-13024/7/2025-EST3-CSE,Dated: 13-08-2026

Read:- Govt.Memo.No.3037905/Ser.II/A.1/2026-1 Dated:13-08-2026.

 

The attention of all the District Educational Officers in the state are invited to the reference read above the Government hereby permitted to engage (6,534) Academic Instructors (2937 School Assistants and 3597 SGTs) for the academic year 2026-27 purely on a temporary basis with the honorarium of Rs.12,500/- per month for School Assistants and Rs.10,000/- per month for SGTs, for a period of eight (8) months, duly meeting the required expenditure/budget of Rs.58,14,60,000/- from Samagra Shiksha funds, under the appropriate intervention.

 

DISTRICT WISE - ACADEMIC INSTRUCTORS - REQUIREMENT
Sl. No	District	Category		Total
		SGT	SA
1	Srikakulam	4	73	77
2	ASR	385	4	389
3	Visakhapatnam	4	46	50
4	Anakapalli	11	73	84
5	Kakinada	23	121	144
6	Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Konaseema	28	108	136
7	East Godavari	9	104	113
8	Polavaram	87	8	95
9	Eluru	11	32	43
10	West Godavari	8	92	100
11	Krishna	0	62	62
12	NTR	2	81	83
13	Guntur	0	92	92
14	Bapatla	2	61	63
15	Palnadu	33	134	167
16	Prakasam	104	137	241

 

17	Markapuram	282	180	462
18	SPSR Nellore	365	76	441
19	Tirupati	502	97	599
20	Chittoor	156	93	249
21	YSR Kadapa	225	135	360
22	Annamayya	122	45	167
23	Ananthapuramu	179	222	401
24	Sri Satya Sai	63	161	224
24	Kurnool	707	543	1250
25	Nandyal	285	157	442
	GRAND TOTAL	3597	2937	6534

 

In this regard, all the District Educational Officers in the State are requested to engage Academic Instructors on a temporary basis with an honorarium of ₹12,500/- per month for School Assistants and ₹10,000/- per month for SGTs for a period of Eight months from 01.09.2026 to 30.04.2027, in accordance with the guidelines annexed as Annexure–I.

 

Further, all the District Educational Officers in the State are requested to issue necessary instructions to the field functionaries to call for applications for the respective posts at the Mandal level and to select the Academic Instructors as per the merit, strictly based on the guidelines annexed as Annexure–I, without fail. The selection process shall be completed by 29.08.2026, and the Academic Instructors shall join their respective schools on 01.09.2027 positively.

 

TIMELINES

 

SI. No	Activity	Timeline	Concerned Officer
1	Press Notification	14.08.2026 & 15.08.2026	DEO
2	Application Submission by the Candidates	16.08.2026 to 21.08.2026	MEO
3	Submission of applications to DEO by MEO	22.08.20256	MEO
4	Committee Scrutiny of the Applications	23.08.2026 to 26.08.2026	DEO
5	File process to District Collector for approval	27.08.2026 & 28.08.2026	DEO
6	List communicated to the concerned MEOs and HMs	29.08.2026	DEO
7	Issue of appointment orders through SMC	30.08.2026 & 31.08.2026	MEO / HM
8	Date of Joining in the School	01.09.2026

 

GUIDELINES FOR ENGAGING THE SERVICES OF ACADEMIC INSTRUCTORS FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2026-27

• The Mandal Educational Officer shall issue a press note indicating the number of Academic Instructors allotted to each school (school-wise, subject wise, and medium-wise).
• Eligible candidates willing to work as Academic Instructors shall submit their applications at the MRC on or before 19.08.2026.
• In turn, MEOs will submit all the received applications to District Educational Officers concerned.
• The District Educational Officers are requested to Identify and Select the Candidates based on Merit. Merit shall be considered based on academic and professional qualification marks in a 75:25 ratio.

Note:

1. Preference shall be given to candidates who are natives of the village/Mandal. If anyone not available in the native Village/ Mandal, considered the candidates from other mandals also.
2. If any TET qualified candidate is not available to that post, then consider the candidate who is having the Academic and Professional Qualification to the concerned post.

• At District Level, the following committee will be constituted and select the candidates school-wise and subject-wise

1. District Collector- Chairman
2. District Educational Officer- Member- Convenor 
3. DIET Principal/ Deputy Educational Officer: Member

• After approval of selected candidates from District Collector, communicate the list of selected candidates to the respective School Management Committees through concerned Mandal Educational Officers for engaging Academic Instructors.
• The process of engaging Academic Instructors shall be completed by 08.2026. If any selected candidate not joined in the allotted school, the next meritorious candidate shall be considered.
• The services of Academic Instructors shall be engaged from 01.09.2026 to 04.2027 (8 months) in the schools. Their services are purely temporary and shall automatically cease from 01.05.2027.
• All selected Academic Instructors shall open bank accounts in any nationalized bank and furnish the bank name and account number to the concerned MEO.
• The honorarium shall be paid strictly as per rules by crediting the amount directly into their bank accounts through online mode.
• All MEOs shall submit the attendance details of Academic Instructors working in their respective Mandals to the DEO offices by the 2nd of every month without If any MEO fails to submit the attendance by the 2nd, action will be initiated against such MEOs.
• The honorarium of Academic Instructors shall be transferred from the DEO Office directly to their bank accounts by every month, based on attendance submitted by the concerned MEOs.

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