At a glance
The facts most likely to change your decision.
- Vacancies
- Anticipated, statewide Category 420/2025 records the vacancies as 'anticipated — statewide' without a number. Candidates are advised against those vacancies and against further vacancies reported in writing while the ranked list is in force.
- Education
- 10th A pass in SSLC or its equivalent, together with physical fitness: at least 165 cm height (160 cm for SC/ST) and at least 81.3 cm chest on full exhalation with 5 cm expansion; distant vision 6/6 Snellen and near vision 0.5 Snellen in each eye without glasses, a full field of vision in each eye, and freedom from colour blindness, squint, knock knee, flat foot, varicose veins, bow legs, deformed limbs, irregular or protruding teeth and defective speech or hearing.
- Age
- 18-36. Candidates born between 2 Jan 1989 and 1 Jan 2007 (both dates included) may apply, with relaxation for Other Backward Communities and SC/ST candidates under Para 2(1) of Part II of the notification, subject to an overall ceiling of 50 years. Relaxations and cut-off dates are category-specific.
- Application fee
- No application fee Use the official payment instructions only.
- Pay
- Rs 27,900-63,700 Gross and in-hand pay vary by posting and allowance.
- Recruitment cycle
- Category 420/2025 State · Kerala
Vacancies & reservation
What is known, what overlaps and what remains unreported.
Category table not available here
Check the latest official notice for the post- and category-wise distribution.
How to read reservation: UR, EWS, OBC, SC and ST are vertical categories. PwBD, women, ex-servicemen and similar horizontal reservations can overlap them and must not be added again to the total.
Complete timeline
One record from notification to final outcome.
- completed
Extraordinary gazette notification
30 Oct 2025
Cat.No.414/2025 to Cat.No.437/2025 - completed
Last date for applications
3 Dec 2025, 12 midnight
- completed
Admission ticket available
4 Apr 2026
- completed
OMR examination
18 Apr 2026, 1.30-3.20 PM
Statewide; 100 marks, 1 hour 30 minutes; 1,01,816 candidates - tentative
Physical measurement and physical efficiency test
Schedule not announced
Who can apply?
A readable first check—not a legal eligibility decision.
Basic eligibility paths
- Differently abled candidates and female candidates are not eligible for this post.
- The post, its age limit and its qualifications are prescribed under G.O.(P) No.89/2014/Home dated 06.05.2014, G.O.(P) No.266/2010/Home dated 09.12.2010 and G.O.(P) No.337/2012/Home dated 28.12.2012.
- Candidates must qualify in any five of the eight events of the National Physical Efficiency One Star Standard Test — 100 m in 14 seconds, high jump 132.20 cm, long jump 457.20 cm, shot put (7,264 g) 609.60 cm, cricket-ball throw 6,096 cm, rope climbing (hands only) 365.80 cm, 8 pull-ups, and 1,500 m in 5 minutes 44 seconds.
- Probation is two years on duty within a continuous period of three years, and the Kerala Jail Subordinate Officers test must be passed within that period.
- NCC cadets holding 'A', 'B' and 'C' certificates receive weightage marks of 2%, 3% and 5% respectively under G.O.(Ms) No.112/2007/H.Edn dated 21.08.2007.
Relaxations & certificates
- SC/ST, OBC-NCL, PwBD and ex-servicemen relaxations follow the applicable notification.
- Always check the certificate format and cut-off date in the official notice.
Selection process & syllabus
Stage by stage, without mixing recruitment years.
Selection stages
- 1Online application through One Time Registration
- 2Statewide OMR examination — 100 marks, 1 hour 30 minutes
- 3Physical measurement, followed by the National Physical Efficiency One Star Standard Test (qualify in five of eight events)
- 4Medical certificate and certificate verification
- 5Statewide ranked list
Syllabus snapshot
- Kerala PSC's standing detailed syllabus for Assistant Prison Officer / Female Assistant Prison Officer (Prisons) sets a 100-mark paper: a general block of 40 marks split across nine sub-topics, two further 10-mark general sections, General English 10 marks, Regional Languages (Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil) 10 marks, and Special Topics related to the nature of the post 20 marks.
- The section headings in that syllabus PDF are printed in Malayalam; treat the official file as authoritative.
Application document checklist
Prepare before the portal gets busy.
Recent passport-size photograph and scanned signature
Government photo ID with the same name used in the application
Education certificates and marksheets
Category, EWS, PwBD or ex-serviceman certificate, if claimed
Domicile or language proof where the notification requires it
Official links & source record
Go straight to the recruiting body.
- Primary source
- Category No. 420/2025 — Assistant Prison Officer, Prisons and Correctional Services
- Published / changed
- Gazette date 30 Oct 2025; last date 3 Dec 2025; examination held 18 Apr 2026
- Last checked
- 4 Aug 2026, 20:45 IST
Official notices, corrigenda and recruiting-body pages have final authority. This page is a reading aid.