APPSC Junior Lecturer 2026: Qualification, Scheme, Syllabus and Preparation Guide

The Junior Lecturer post is the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission's route into the government junior colleges, where students study the Intermediate course in classes eleven and twelve. The post sits in the A.P. Intermediate Education Service, and the Commission recruits to it through a written test followed by a Computer Proficiency Test. It is a postgraduate-level post. A graduate who wants to teach younger children in a school should look at the teacher recruitment run by the education department instead, which is a separate system with a different qualification ladder.

This guide is built from the Commission's own documents rather than from summaries. The main source is Notification 16/2023, dated 28.12.2023, for Junior Lecturers in Government Junior Colleges, together with its details document, its scheme and syllabus, and the lists of marks of selected candidates that the Commission has hosted since. A second notification, 14/2025, for Junior Lecturer in Library Science, is used as a cross-check because it was issued more recently and shows how the Commission words the conditions today. Everything time-sensitive carries an "As on October 2026" label and names the document it comes from. Where a point could not be confirmed from an official page, the guide says so.

One correction is worth stating at the start. Some summaries of this post describe a screening test, a separate mains paper, an interview, and a requirement of SET, NET or a doctorate. None of that appears in the notifications printed above. The qualification printed is a second class postgraduate degree with at least 50 percent marks, and the selection printed is written merit followed by the Computer Proficiency Test. The sections below show the exact wording.

What the post is and who recruits for it

A Junior Lecturer teaches one subject to Intermediate students in a government junior college, runs practical sessions where the subject has them, takes part in internal assessment and examination duty, and works under the principal of the college. The Commission recruits to the post under the A.P. Intermediate Education Service. The pay scale printed in both Notification 16/2023 and Notification 14/2025 is Rs. 57,100 to Rs. 1,47,760 under the revised pay scales of 2022. As on October 2026, that is the scale printed in the Commission's most recent Junior Lecturer notification, which is Notification 14/2025 dated 16.09.2025.

The post is also described by the Commission as a zonal post. The marks lists published for Notification 16/2023 carry the heading "Zonal Post" and show each selected candidate against a zone. That matters because a zonal post is filled with the local candidates of each zone in mind, which is why a Junior Lecturer applicant needs to understand local status. Part of this guide is about that.

Item	What the notification prints	Source
Service	A.P. Intermediate Education Service	Notification 16/2023
Type of recruitment	Limited recruitment of carried forward vacancies	Notification 16/2023
Vacancies	47 carried forward vacancies	Notification 16/2023
Application window	31.01.2024 to 20.02.2024	Notification 16/2023
Mode of examination	Objective type, computer based	Notification 16/2023
Scale of pay	Rs. 57,100 to Rs. 1,47,760	Details document, 30.01.2024

The phrase limited recruitment needs a plain explanation. It means that the vacancies being filled were carried forward from earlier recruitments rather than being fresh vacancies, and the breakup shows them against particular categories and zones. In Notification 14/2025 the two carried forward vacancies are both shown under the Scheduled Tribe category, one in Zone II and one in Zone III. A reader who sees a notification of this kind should not assume that every category and every zone has posts. The breakup table is the document that tells you whether you have a chance of an appointment.

The vacancies in Notification 16/2023

Notification 16/2023 lists 47 vacancies across thirteen subjects and four zones. The table below reproduces the subject totals and the zone-wise figures as printed.

Code	Subject	Zone I	Zone II	Zone III	Zone IV	Total
01	English	4	1	2	2	9
02	Telugu	0	0	1	1	2
03	Urdu	0	0	1	1	2
04	Sanskrit	1	1	0	0	2
05	Oriya	1	0	0	0	1
06	Mathematics	0	0	0	1	1
07	Physics	0	3	1	1	5
08	Chemistry	1	1	0	1	3
09	Botany	0	0	1	1	2
10	Zoology	1	0	0	0	1
11	Economics	2	2	2	6	12
12	Civics	0	1	0	1	2
13	History	2	1	1	1	5

Two points follow from this table. First, the vacancies are small and uneven. Economics has twelve and English has nine, while Mathematics, Oriya and Zoology have one each. A candidate in a one-post subject is competing for a single seat, and the competition for that seat is further narrowed by the category and the zone it is reserved for. Second, the zones printed in this notification are the four zones of the old arrangement: Zone I covers Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam, Zone II covers East Godavari, West Godavari and Krishna, Zone III covers Guntur, Prakasam and Nellore, and Zone IV covers Chittoor, Kadapa, Anantapur and Kurnool. The notification names these as erstwhile districts. Since the new Presidential Order of 2025, the State has six zones. That change is explained in a later section.

Qualification: what is and is not required

For all thirteen subjects, Notification 16/2023 prints a single educational qualification. The candidate must hold a second class postgraduate degree in the relevant subject or language, such as M.A., M.Sc. or M.Com., or a B.A. (Honours), B.Sc. (Honours) or B.Com. (Honours) as the equivalent, from a university in India established under a Central, State or Provincial Act or an institution recognised by the University Grants Commission, with a minimum of 50 percent marks in the postgraduate degree examination. A subject equivalency annexure sits at the end of the details document.

Three consequences are worth drawing out.

• The qualification is subject-specific. A postgraduate degree in a closely related field is not automatically enough. The equivalency annexure and, where a degree is outside the printed list, a copy of the relevant Government Order must reach the Commission within ten days of the last date for applications. Otherwise the application is rejected. That rule is printed in the notification and it has caught candidates who assumed that the Commission would accept an equivalence later.
• The notification does not print a requirement of SET, NET, a doctorate or a B.Ed. degree. Summaries elsewhere sometimes add a teacher-training degree with a methodology subject. The two notifications opened for this guide do not contain it. If a future notification adds a condition, it will be in the qualification table of the details document, and that table is the only document to follow.
• The qualification must be held on the date of the notification. The Commission says that the date of the notification is the crucial date for qualification and experience. For Notification 16/2023 that date is 28.12.2023.

As on October 2026, the latest Junior Lecturer notification on the Commission's list of recruitment notifications is Notification 14/2025 for the Library Science post. It prints a bachelor's degree in arts, science or commerce with a postgraduate degree in Library Science at second class with not less than 50 percent marks. That qualification belongs to that post and should not be applied to the subject posts.

Age limit and relaxations

Notification 16/2023 prints a minimum age of 18 years and a maximum of 42 years as on 01.07.2023, under G.O.Ms.No.109 of the General Administration (Services-A) Department dated 10.10.2023. Notification 14/2025 prints the same range as on 01.07.2025, under G.O.Ms.No.36 dated 04.03.2025. The range is the same; the reference date moves with each notification, so a new notification will print its own reference date. This is the same point that applies to every APPSC notification: the age is counted as on the date printed, not as on the day you apply.

Category	Relaxation in Notification 16/2023
Backward Classes and Economically Weaker Sections	5 years
Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Persons with Benchmark Disabilities	10 years
Ex-servicemen	Length of service plus 3 years
N.C.C. instructors	Length of service plus 3 years
Regular A.P. State Government employees	Length of regular service, up to 5 years
Retrenched temporary employees of the State Census Department with 6 months' service	3 years

Notification 14/2025 prints a slightly different arrangement: five years for SC, ST, BC and EWS candidates, and ten years for SC and ST candidates in the carried forward vacancies, along with ten years for persons with benchmark disabilities. The difference is a reminder to read the table of each notification and not to carry numbers from one to another. The notification also states that candidates who use an upper-age relaxation can still be considered for the open category vacancies.

The written examination: scheme and marking

The scheme is printed in the scheme and syllabus annexure, which follows Annexure III of G.O.Ms.No.141 of the Finance Department dated 01.08.2016. It has two papers, both objective, both with 150 questions and 150 minutes.

Paper	Subject	Questions	Minutes	Marks
Paper 1	General Studies and Mental Ability (degree standard)	150	150	150
Paper 2	The concerned subject, one only (postgraduate standard)	150	150	300
Total				450

Each wrong answer is penalised by one third of the marks prescribed for the question, under G.O.Ms.No.235 of the Finance Department dated 06.12.2016. Paper 1 carries one mark per question and Paper 2 carries two marks per question, so the penalty is one third of a mark in the first paper and two thirds of a mark in the second.

A worked example shows why this matters. Suppose a candidate attempts 100 questions in Paper 1, getting 80 right and 20 wrong. The raw score is 80 minus 20 divided by 3, which is 73.33. In Paper 2 the candidate attempts 120 questions with 96 right and 24 wrong. The raw score is 96 times two, which is 192, minus 24 times two thirds, which is 16, giving 176. The total is 249.33 out of 450. If the same candidate had guessed on the 30 unattempted Paper 2 questions with a one in four chance, the expected gain would be about 7.5 right answers worth 15 marks against about 22.5 wrong answers costing 15 marks, a net of zero. The exercise shows that blind guessing earns nothing on average, and that eliminating even one option improves the odds enough to justify an attempt.

The answer time is also worth working out. One minute per question is the average, and a two-mark question at postgraduate level often needs a minute and a half. Candidates who attempt Paper 2 in a single pass often find that the last forty questions get less thought than the first forty. A better pattern is to answer the sure questions in a first pass of about ninety minutes, return to the doubtful ones for forty minutes, and keep the last twenty minutes for a check of marked answers.

For language subjects, Paper 2 is set in the same language. For other subjects, the subject paper is in English medium. The General Studies and Mental Ability paper is set in English and translated into Telugu, and the English version is the authentic version when the two differ.

Minimum marks, the Computer Proficiency Test and selection

The notification prints minimum qualifying marks on the aggregate, under G.O.Ms.No.103 of the General Administration (Services-A) Department dated 03.02.1967: 40 percent for the open category, sportspersons, ex-servicemen and EWS candidates, 35 percent for Backward Classes, and 30 percent for SC, ST and persons with benchmark disabilities. On 450 marks, that works out to 180, 157.5 and 135 marks. The notification adds that securing the minimum does not confer a right to selection.

Selection is on merit in the written examination followed by the Computer Proficiency Test. Based on the merit list, candidates are shortlisted for the test, and no candidate is eligible for appointment unless the test is qualified, under G.O.Ms.No.26 of the General Administration (Services-B) Department dated 24.02.2023. The test is practical, lasts 60 minutes, carries 100 marks, and has minimum qualifying marks of 30 for SC, ST and persons with benchmark disabilities, 35 for Backward Classes and 40 for open category candidates. The task is based on office automation with computers and associated software: creating a folder named with the hall ticket number, preparing a spreadsheet file and a document file, and carrying out the instructed operations.

No interview is printed in either notification. Selection depends on the written merit and the Computer Proficiency Test. A candidate who is told elsewhere to prepare for an interview or a demonstration lesson should check the notification text instead.

Other selection rules printed in the notifications are also useful. Candidates with equal marks are bracketed and ranked by age, with the older candidate placed first, and if the age is equal, the candidate whose qualification is earlier is preferred. There is no waiting list, so the recruitment is made only to the vacancies notified. A candidate who gives incorrect information or a false declaration can be debarred for up to five years, according to the debarment paragraph of the notification.

Local status and the zones

A zonal post in the A.P. Intermediate Education Service is filled with local candidates in mind, and this is the part of the recruitment that candidates tend to find least clear. Notification 16/2023 and Notification 14/2025 both apply the 1975 Presidential Order, published as G.O.Ms.No.674 of the General Administration (SPF-A) Department dated 20.10.1975. Under that order, a candidate is local to an area if he or she studied there for at least four consecutive academic years ending with the year of the relevant qualifying examination, or, if not studying, resided there for four years. If a candidate is not local to any area, a seven-year rule applies. The provisional list is divided into two parts, as printed: 30 percent of the posts on a combined merit list of local and non-local candidates, and the remaining 70 percent on locals only.

That was the position in the two notifications above. The legal ground has since moved. The President of India made a new order on 15.12.2025, called the Andhra Pradesh Public Employment (Organisation of Local Cadres and Regulation of Direct Recruitment) Order, 2025, which superseded the 1975 Order. The State republished it through G.O.Ms.No.45 of the General Administration (SPF and MC) Department dated 20.04.2026. As on October 2026, the Commission's Notification 07/2026 for Group-I Services, dated 06.10.2026, already applies it: it prints six zones in two multi-zones, a 95 percent reservation of posts for local candidates, and a provisional list split into 5 percent for the combined list and 95 percent for locals only. It also asks for study certificates from class one to class seven. The detailed explanation of the new rules is in our guide to local status, reservation and roster and the guide to the OTPR update.

The Commission has not yet published a new Junior Lecturer notification on the page opened for this guide, so it cannot be said how the post will be classified under the new order. A future notification will state it. What an applicant can do now is to make sure the study and residence details in the OTPR profile are complete and match the certificates, because those details will decide the local area the Commission records.

Syllabus: Paper 1

Paper 1 is common to all subjects and is set at degree standard. The notification lists ten topics: major current events and issues relating to the international, national and Andhra Pradesh levels; general science and its applications, with contemporary developments in science, technology and information technology; the history of India, with emphasis on Andhra Pradesh and the Indian national movement; the geography of India with a focus on Andhra Pradesh; Indian polity and governance, including constitutional issues, public policy, reforms and e-governance; Indian economy and planning; sustainable development and environmental protection; disaster management, including remote sensing and GIS; logical reasoning, analytical ability and logical interpretation; and data analysis, including tabulation, visual representation, mean, median, mode and variance.

Three observations help a Junior Lecturer applicant plan the time. This paper is worth 150 of the 450 marks, a third of the total. Most applicants already have a subject paper in their heads, so the general paper is where the spread appears. And because the syllabus gives Andhra Pradesh a named place in history, geography and current events, the state-specific material in our notes on AP polity, AP geography and AP economy applies here too.

Syllabus: Paper 2 by subject

Paper 2 is set at postgraduate standard. The notification prints a detailed syllabus for each of the thirteen subjects. The table summarises their shape; the notification itself must be used for the unit-by-unit list.

Subject	Shape of the printed syllabus
English	Movements and concepts, a list of 22 writers and texts, English language teaching and testing, phonetics and syntax
Telugu	Printed in the notification's Telugu section, covering literature, language and history of the language
Urdu	Origin of the language, Deccani literature, poetry and prose forms, criticism, literary movements, journalism
Sanskrit	Vedic literature, epics, classical poets, alankaras, grammar, conjugations, sandhi, philology, metres; half the questions in Sanskrit and half in English
Mathematics	Real analysis, metric spaces, number theory, group and ring theory, vector spaces, matrices, complex analysis, ordinary and partial differential equations
Physics	Part A: mathematical methods, classical mechanics, electromagnetism and so on; Part B: advanced topics
Chemistry	Inorganic, physical (with quantum chemistry) and organic chemistry
Botany	Cytology, genetics, plant diversity, physiology, ecology, biotechnology
Zoology	Biochemistry, genetics, ecology and biodiversity, immunology, developmental biology
Economics	Microeconomics, macroeconomics, development and growth, with a common syllabus on public policy and research methodology
Civics	Public policy, research methodology, public administration, political science
History	Ancient, medieval and modern India, with the freedom movement in Andhra Pradesh

Two further points are useful. For English, the author list is long and fixed: the syllabus names specific works such as Hamlet, The Tempest, Paradise Lost Books 1 and 9, Tintern Abbey, The Waste Land, Waiting for Godot, Beloved, Midnight's Children and Things Fall Apart, so a candidate can prepare each text rather than the whole of English literature. And for Mathematics, the printed units are the standard postgraduate core. A candidate who has studied real analysis and algebra at the master's level will find the syllabus familiar, and a candidate whose degree was applied or statistical will need to cover metric spaces, topology basics and complex analysis from the start.

How to prepare: a plan that follows the scheme

The paper pattern shapes the plan. Paper 2 is two thirds of the marks, and it is set at postgraduate standard, so the subject comes first. Paper 1 is a third of the marks, and it is common ground, so it needs steady time and not a last-minute sprint.

Phase one, the first eight to ten weeks: subject foundations. Read the printed syllabus for your subject and mark each line as strong, adequate or weak. Take the weak lines first, using your postgraduate notes and standard textbooks. Make a one-page summary per unit: definitions, theorems or key arguments, formulae, and the two or three worked problems that illustrate them. For language subjects, the equivalent is a table of authors and works with a short note on each, plus a sheet of literary-historical dates.

Phase two, the next eight weeks: coverage with questions. Cover the remaining units and after each one answer twenty to thirty objective questions on it, timed at about a minute each. Keep an error log with three columns: the question, why you missed it (concept gap, careless reading, or time), and the corrected reasoning. In the same weeks start Paper 1: one polity unit, one economy unit, one geography or history unit and a block of reasoning and data per week, with a weekly current-affairs review.

Phase three, the last six weeks: full papers. Take timed papers that match the 150-question, 150-minute format. After each, work out the score with the negative marking, and analyse by unit. Do not add new topics in the last two weeks; revise the error log and the one-page summaries. Prepare the documents in the same period.

A sample weekly rhythm for phase two is: Monday to Wednesday, a new subject unit; Thursday and Friday, revision with questions; Saturday, general studies; Sunday, a weekly mini-test and an error-log review.

Preparation for the Computer Proficiency Test is quick but must not be skipped. The test is a pass or fail gate with a minimum of 30, 35 or 40 marks out of 100. Practise creating files, naming them correctly, entering data in a spreadsheet, applying a formula, formatting a document and saving. One or two hours of hands-on practice a week for a month is enough for most graduates who already use office software.

Certificates and documents

The notifications list the documents that must be ready for verification. Prepare these before the notification arrives: the postgraduate degree memorandum and provisional or original certificates; the subject equivalency order if the degree title differs from the printed one; the community certificate issued by an officer not below the rank of Tahsildar, with a non-creamy-layer certificate for Backward Classes and an EWS certificate for the financial year prior to the year of application; the study certificates and the residence certificate where applicable; the local status certificate for those who migrated from Telangana to Andhra Pradesh between 02.06.2014 and 01.06.2024, under G.O.Ms.No.161 dated 27.12.2022; disability certificates; the no objection or intimation letter for those already in service. Notification 14/2025 also introduced a DigiLocker based verification: candidates are told to create an account and fetch their certificates so that the Commission can verify them electronically.

An applicant should also keep in mind the notification's rule that the particulars in the OTPR profile at the time of submission are the ones that count for that notification. Changes made later are not considered. Fee-related and name fields cannot be corrected after submission; other corrections are allowed for seven days after the last date at Rs. 100 each.

Fee and how to apply

Notification 16/2023 prints an application processing fee of Rs. 250 and an examination fee of Rs. 120. SC, ST, BC, persons with benchmark disabilities and ex-servicemen are exempt from the examination fee, as are families holding a white ration card issued by the Civil Supplies Department, and unemployed youth under G.O.Ms.No.439 dated 18.10.1996 who submit the declaration. Candidates from other states pay the full fee and cannot claim reservation. As on October 2026, Notification 14/2025 prints the same amounts. The application route is the Commission's website: log in with the OTPR number, choose Online Application Submission, press Fill Application against the notification number, complete the form, press Save and Submit, and pay through the gateway. A saved but unsubmitted application is not an application.

Common mistakes

1. Treating a limited recruitment notification like a general one. The vacancy breakup, by category and zone, decides whether a post exists for you.
2. Assuming a requirement that is not printed, such as SET, NET or a teacher-training degree, or assuming an interview that is not printed.
3. Counting the age on the day of application. The reference date is printed in the notification.
4. Ignoring negative marking. A one-third penalty on a two-mark question is two thirds of a mark.
5. Neglecting Paper 1 because it feels familiar. It carries a third of the marks and has a separate minimum.
6. Leaving the Computer Proficiency Test to the end. It is a gate.
7. Entering inaccurate study or residence details in the profile. The Commission can verify them at a later stage, and false declarations can lead to debarment.
8. Relying on forwarded lists of vacancies. Only the notification and its details document count.

Key facts for exams

• The Junior Lecturer post is in the A.P. Intermediate Education Service, and Notification 16/2023 is dated 28.12.2023.
• Notification 16/2023 had 47 carried forward vacancies in 13 subjects, with Economics at 12 and English at 9.
• The scale is Rs. 57,100 to Rs. 1,47,760, and the age is 18 to 42 on the date printed.
• The written test has Paper 1 of 150 marks and Paper 2 of 300 marks, with 150 questions each in 150 minutes, and a one-third penalty per wrong answer.
• Minimum aggregate marks are 40, 35 and 30 percent for the three groups printed.
• The Computer Proficiency Test is 100 marks and 60 minutes, with 30, 35 and 40 as the minimum marks.
• The qualification printed is a second class postgraduate degree with at least 50 percent marks, and no SET, NET or B.Ed. requirement is printed.
• The Commission's recruitments under the new Presidential Order of 15.12.2025 apply six zones and a 95 percent local reservation.

Ten practice questions

1. What is the maximum mark total of the written examination in Notification 16/2023? (a) 300 (b) 400 (c) 450 (d) 600 Answer: (c). Paper 1 carries 150 marks and Paper 2 carries 300.

2. How many questions does Paper 2 have and what is each question worth? (a) 100 questions of 3 marks (b) 150 questions of 2 marks (c) 150 questions of 1 mark (d) 200 questions of 1.5 marks Answer: (b). 150 questions for 300 marks.

3. What is the penalty for a wrong answer in Paper 2? (a) One third of a mark (b) Two thirds of a mark (c) One mark (d) No penalty Answer: (b). One third of the two marks prescribed for the question.

4. Which statement about the qualification is correct as printed? (a) A doctorate is mandatory (b) A second class postgraduate degree with at least 50 percent marks (c) NET qualification is compulsory (d) A B.Ed. with methodology is compulsory Answer: (b).

5. What is the age range in the notification? (a) 18 to 35 (b) 21 to 40 (c) 18 to 42 (d) 20 to 45 Answer: (c), counted as on the date printed in the notification.

6. Which subject had the largest number of vacancies in Notification 16/2023? (a) English (b) Physics (c) History (d) Economics Answer: (d). Economics had 12 against 9 for English.

7. What is the minimum aggregate for Backward Class candidates? (a) 30 percent (b) 35 percent (c) 40 percent (d) 45 percent Answer: (b).

8. For the Computer Proficiency Test, what are the duration and maximum marks? (a) 30 minutes, 50 marks (b) 45 minutes, 75 marks (c) 60 minutes, 100 marks (d) 90 minutes, 150 marks Answer: (c).

9. Which of these is part of the selection printed for the post? (a) Screening test (b) Interview (c) Computer Proficiency Test after written merit (d) Demonstration lesson Answer: (c).

10. Under Notification 07/2026 for Group-I Services, what is the share of posts reserved for local candidates? (a) 70 percent (b) 80 percent (c) 90 percent (d) 95 percent Answer: (d). The Presidential Order of 2025 reserves 95 percent.

Frequently asked questions

Is there an interview for Junior Lecturer? Neither Notification 16/2023 nor Notification 14/2025 prints an interview. The printed selection is written merit followed by the Computer Proficiency Test.

Do I need SET, NET or a B.Ed. degree? The printed qualification is a second class postgraduate degree in the subject with at least 50 percent marks. The two notifications opened for this guide do not require SET, NET, a doctorate or a B.Ed. A future notification will print its own conditions.

Is a new Junior Lecturer notification open? As on October 2026, the Commission's list of recruitment notifications shows Notification 16/2023 and Notification 14/2025 for the post and no 2026 notification for it. The Commission announces notifications on its website. This guide cannot confirm any future date.

Which zone will I belong to? The zone is decided from the study or residence details that you record in the OTPR profile and the certificates you produce. The zones in the 2023 notification are the four old zones. The 2025 Order has six zones.

Is the subject paper in Telugu or English? The subject paper is in English medium for the subjects other than languages, and in the same language for language subjects. Paper 1 is set in English and translated into Telugu, with the English version authentic.

How is this post different from the teacher recruitment for schools? Junior Lecturers teach Intermediate classes and are recruited by the Commission through a postgraduate-level subject test. School teachers are recruited through the education department's teacher recruitment test and need teacher-training qualifications.

Can I appear for more than one subject? Paper 2 is in one subject only, the one in which you applied, so choose the subject in which your postgraduate degree is awarded.

Related reading

• Andhra Pradesh government exams 2026 guide
• APPSC Polytechnic Lecturer: qualification, scheme and syllabus
• APPSC Group 1, 2, 3 and 4: the differences
• Local status, reservation and roster in AP government jobs
• APPSC OTPR update from 30.09.2026
• APPSC OTPR registration guide
• AP polity and Panchayati Raj notes
• Andhra Pradesh hub
• Telugu version: APPSC జూనియర్ లెక్చరర్

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Sources and verification

Official pages opened for this guide (as on October 2026):

• APPSC home page, recruitment notifications list and notification documents page, psc.ap.gov.in and portal-psc.ap.gov.in
• APPSC Notification 16/2023 dated 28.12.2023, with scheme and syllabus, and its details document for breakup of vacancies, scale of pay, age, qualification and instructions, dated 30.01.2024
• APPSC Notification 14/2025 dated 16.09.2025, Junior Lecturer in Library Science
• APPSC marks lists of selected candidates for Notification 16/2023 (one dated 23.07.2026)
• APPSC Notification 07/2026 for Group-I Services dated 06.10.2026, for the current local-status wording
• G.O.Ms.No.45 (20.04.2026) republishing the Presidential Order of 15.12.2025, as reproduced on a teacher-information website, and G.O.Ms.No.54 (14.05.2026) as hosted on a mirror

Not verified: whether the Commission will classify the Junior Lecturer post as a zonal or multi-zonal cadre under the 2025 Order; the number of candidates finally appointed under Notification 16/2023, since the lists opened show only the marks of selected candidates for some subjects; the Telugu and Oriya syllabus details, which the printed text shows in a form that could not be read reliably; and whether any new Junior Lecturer notification has been issued after the list was opened. Check the latest notification before you apply.