Govt conducted DSC 2025 with transparency, says Lokesh

Visakhapatnam: Education minister Nara Lokesh said that DSC 2025 (teacher recruitment test) was conducted smoothly over a period of 23 days to recruit 16,347 teachers. "The DSC was conducted after a gap of seven years. About 3.36 lakh candidates submitted 5.77 lakh applications, with the exam attendance rate of 92.9%. Despite 31 court cases filed at the behest of the YSRCP, the examinations were conducted with fairness and transparency," the minister added in a social media post on Friday.

"Provisions such as SC sub-categorisation and a 3% sports quota were implemented to ensure equity and inclusion in the recruitment process. The initial answer keys have been released, and candidates are encouraged to raise any objections or request corrections within the notified timeline," said Lokesh. He extended a note of appreciation to every district and state official involved in making the examinations a "success."

Meanwhile, mega DSC convener MV Krishna Reddy announced that the primary keys and response sheets for various examinations conducted from June 6 to 28 have been released and are now available on the official mega DSC website. The subjects for which primary keys have been released include the postgraduate teacher category (commerce, English, Hindi, physical science, Sanskrit, social, Telugu), school assistant category (English and physical science), secondary grade teacher category (SGT general, SGT – special HH for hearing impaired, SGT – special VH for visually impaired), trained graduate teacher category (English, Hindi, physical science, science, social, Telugu), the English proficiency test, and the physical education teacher exams, including PET – HH, PET – VH, and regular PET exams across all mediums.

"Candidates can review their personal response sheets and, if they have any objections to the primary keys, they are required to submit them with valid proof through the website https://apdsc.apcfss.in on or before July 11. The primary keys and response sheets for the examinations held from June 29 to July 2 will be released soon," added Krishna Reddy.