Prayagraj: The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has announced the final vacancies for the junior engineer (JE) examination 2025, with 1,731 posts to be filled across various central govt departments and organisations. The highest number of vacancies has been notified in the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), where posts are available only for male candidates. Out of these, 796 vacancies are for civil engineers, while 163 posts are for electrical and mechanical engineers.According to the vacancy details released by the commission, the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) has 210 vacancies for civil engineers and 94 for electrical engineers. The Military Engineer Services (MES) will recruit 202 civil engineers and 136 electrical and mechanical engineers. In the Farakka barrage project, 11 posts of civil engineer and four posts of mechanical engineer have been advertised.In DGQA-Naval under the defence ministry, there are three vacancies for electrical engineers and five for engineers. The Central Water and Power Research Station has notified three vacancies in civil engineering, two in electrical engineering, and two in mechanical engineering. A few posts have also been kept in other technical wings, taking the total number of vacancies to 1,731.The SSC has also released the category-wise breakup of the vacancies. Of the total posts, 780 have been earmarked for the unreserved category, 432 for other backward classes (OBC), 270 for scheduled castes (SC), 122 for scheduled tribes (ST) and 127 for economically weaker sections (EWS). In addition, reservation has been provided for persons with disabilities, including 10 posts for orthopaedically handicapped (OH) candidates, 11 for hearing handicapped (HH) candidates and eight posts under other disability categories.In a separate but significant development, the Directorate of Secondary Education has completed the requisition process for 23,897 teaching posts in aided secondary schools across the state. The requisition was uploaded on Wednesday, and a letter has also been sent to the director of secondary education seeking permission to upload the details on the commission’s portal. Once the approval is granted, the recruitment process is expected to begin in July.The vacancies will soon be uploaded on the e-requisition portal developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC). Earlier, the directorate sent a requisition for 23,213 posts to the education service selection commission. However, after seeking fresh certificates from 75 district inspectors of schools, the number of vacancies increased.Officials said the district of Ambedkarnagar had not initially sent verification. The directorate also found discrepancies in the vacancy details submitted by a former DIOS, where an alleged attempt was made to suppress 42 posts in 17 schools. Additional director of secondary education, Kamta Ram Pal said that the requisition would be uploaded on the commission’s portal immediately after receiving approval from the director, paving the way for a major teacher recruitment drive in the state.
