PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 28 -- Colleges admitting candidates under the minority quota for the Diploma in Elementary Education (DElEd) training programme-2026 will have to upload their details on the department's online portal by November 12, the office of the examination regulatory authority, UP has directed. The admissions will require approval from the district institutes of education and training (DIETs) concerned by 5pm on November 14. Admissions without the prescribed approval, or those for which candidate details are not uploaded within the stipulated period, will be treated as invalid, officials said. According to the schedule issued by examination regulatory authority secretary Rajendra Pratap, minority institutions are permitted to fill 50% of the seats allotted to them through their own admission process, as per the relevant government order. However, details of all candidates admitted under this provision must be uploaded to the departmental website. Colleges will have to use their institutional login credentials to upload candidates' names, parents' names, dates of birth, categories, educational qualifications, photographs, signatures and other prescribed details between October 26 and November 12, he said. The DIETs will scrutinise the candidates' documents online from October 28 to 5pm on November 14. Admissions will be approved only after the verification process is completed, he added. The authority has made it clear that no representation will be entertained in cases where institutions fail to upload candidate details within the prescribed deadline or where admissions do not receive DIET approval. DElEd, formerly known as the Basic Training Certificate (BTC), is a two-year diploma programme for candidates seeking to become teachers at the primary and upper-primary levels....