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Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu handed out 529 appointment orders on November 11. He demanded total honesty from the new batch. The recruits earned their spots through the Junior Engineer Common Recruitment Examination 2025, Trained Graduate Teacher Examination 2026, and Combined Graduate Level Examination 2026. Stay clean, he told them.
Khandu touted a decade of merit-based hiring. Since 2016, the state issued nearly 10,000 jobs. The Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission ran 87 exams for 2,914 hires. Meanwhile, the Arunachal Pradesh Staff Selection Board managed 39 tests to fill 6,038 roles. The board killed off old, messy department-specific hiring for Group C and D posts.
Eight candidates with blindness or low vision finally got their junior engineer roles. A court order forced the release of their results on September 16. The Public Works Department gets two, the Public Health Engineering and Water Supply Department gets five, and the Power Department gets one. Their work improves vital state infrastructure.
The teaching pool saw heavy competition. Of 10,500 candidates who took the July 12 test, only 382 scored jobs. That is one winner for every 28 test-takers. These teachers fill gaps in Physics, Mathematics, Economics, and Geography. The Combined Graduate Level Exam drew 27,736 applicants, yet only 139 people made the cut. This included 101 upper division clerks, 36 personal assistants, and two librarians.
Khandu pushed for more ambition beyond state roles. He wants youth to target Union Public Service Commission exams using modern digital tools. Use the Administrative Training Institute, he told the group. He pointed toward long-term goals like Viksit Arunachal Pradesh 2047. "Government jobs came with the responsibility of serving people and contributing to the state's development," Khandu said. He confirmed more police and forest department hires are coming soon.
Updated at 12th November 2026 at 1:48am
The teacher recruitment process was rigorous. Authorities received 10,665 applications for the secondary-level posts. After the July 12 written exam, 1,116 people qualified for the viva-voce. Officials conducted document verification and interviews between September 2 and 25, ultimately filling 382 of the 389 advertised vacancies.
For the Combined Graduate Level Exam, the APSSB saw 24,700 candidates download admit cards, though only 18,406 actually showed up for the August 30 test.
Khandu reminded the crowd that state jobs cannot absorb every young graduate. He pushed for entrepreneurship and private sector growth, citing the Arunachal Pradesh Innovation and Investment Park as a resource for seed funding and networking. He also pointed to cultural and academic platforms like Arunachal Idol, Mr and Miss Arunachal, and various school-level quiz and spelling bee competitions as ways to build young talent.
More hiring news is on the horizon. The CM confirmed that appointment orders for assistant professors are coming soon, followed by additional roles within the police and forest departments.
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