LUCKNOW, Oct. 10 -- The Uttar Pradesh government has issued strict instructions to the secondary education department to streamline the recruitment process for teachers and non-teaching staff in government and government-aided secondary schools across the state. Secretary Kinjal Singh directed the director of education (secondary) to adhere to a rigid timeline for reporting vacancies to the relevant recruitment boards every year. According to the fresh directives, all vacancies arising up to April 1 each year, primarily due to retirements at the end of the academic session, must be calculated and formally communicated to the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC), Prayagraj, and the UP Education Service Selection Commission by May 31 without fail. The move comes after repeated delays by the department in sending requisitions (adhiyachan) for direct recruitment positions, which led to mounting pending vacancies in state-run and aided secondary educational institutions as per order issued on September 24....