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At a glance
The facts most likely to change your decision.
- Vacancies
- 14,967 tentative posts (KVS 9,126 + NVS 5,841; teaching and non-teaching) Figures are the tentative post-wise vacancies published in Recruitment Notification 01/2025 (13 Nov 2025). KVS and NVS reserve the right to increase, decrease, restrict or partially fill any of these vacancies, including through a subsequent corrigendum, without prior notice.
- Education
- 12th · Graduate · Postgraduate Post-specific under Notification 01/2025: PRT requires Senior Secondary (10+2) with 50% marks plus a 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education (or 4-year B.El.Ed) and CTET Paper-I; TGT requires a 4-year integrated degree or a Bachelor's degree plus B.Ed. in the concerned subject; PGT requires a Master's degree (or integrated PG course) with at least 50% marks in the concerned subject plus a B.Ed. Full post-wise qualification tables are in the notification's Information Bulletin.
- Age
- Minimum 18 years; upper age limit varies by post under Notification 01/2025 — e.g. not exceeding 30 years for PRT/PRT-Music/Special Educator (PRT), not exceeding 35 years for most TGT posts, not exceeding 40 years for PGT posts, and 35–50 years for Principal. Relaxations and cut-off dates are category-specific.
- Application fee
- Examination fee of Rs. 2,300 (Assistant Commissioner/Principal/Vice-Principal), Rs. 1,500 (PGT and equivalent Group-B gazetted posts) or Rs. 1,200 (TGT, Librarian, PRT), plus a Rs. 500 processing fee for all posts, as per the fee table in Notification 01/2025. Use the official payment instructions only.
- Pay
- 7th CPC Pay Matrix Level-6 (PRT, Rs. 35,400–112,400) up to Level-12 (Principal/Assistant Commissioner, Rs. 78,800–209,200), depending on the post. Gross and in-hand pay vary by posting and allowance.
- Recruitment cycle
- Notification 01/2025 Central · All India
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Vacancies & reservation
What is known, what overlaps and what remains unreported.
Current published count14,967 tentative posts (KVS 9,126 + NVS 5,841; teaching and non-teaching)
Check source ↗| Scope | UR | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Commissioner (KVS) | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Principal (KVS) | 68 | 0 | 36 | 20 | 10 | 134 |
| Vice-Principal (KVS) | 31 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 58 |
| Post Graduate Teacher — PGT (KVS, all subjects) | 615 | 141 | 390 | 214 | 105 | 1,465 |
| Trained Graduate Teacher — TGT (KVS, all subjects) | 1,153 | 275 | 749 | 414 | 203 | 2,794 |
| Librarian (KVS) | 61 | 14 | 39 | 22 | 11 | 147 |
| Primary Teacher — PRT (KVS, incl. Music & Special Educator) | 1,369 | 335 | 906 | 505 | 250 | 3,365 |
| Non-teaching posts (KVS) | 457 | 109 | 305 | 173 | 111 | 1,155 |
| Assistant Commissioner Academics (NVS) | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Principal (NVS) | 49 | 0 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 93 |
| Post Graduate Teacher — PGT (NVS, all subjects incl. Modern Indian Language) | 650 | 146 | 405 | 222 | 108 | 1,531 |
| Trained Graduate Teacher — TGT (NVS, all subjects incl. 3rd Language) | 1,443 | 329 | 909 | 499 | 241 | 3,421 |
| Non-teaching posts (NVS) | 338 | 78 | 196 | 121 | 54 | 787 |
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.
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Complete timeline
One record from notification to final outcome.
- completed
Recruitment Notification 01/2025 published
13 Nov 2025
- completed
Online registration opened
14 Nov 2025, 10:00 AM
- completed
Online registration closed
4 Dec 2025, 11:50 PM
- completed
Tier-I score and Tier-II shortlisting status published
28 Feb 2026
- completed
Tier-II OMR sheet and provisional answer key published
13 May 2026
- current
Tier-II result / document verification
Official date awaited
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Who can apply?
A readable first check—not a legal eligibility decision.
Basic eligibility paths
- Indian citizen meeting the post-specific education, subject and CTET/B.Ed. requirements set out in Notification 01/2025.
- Age as on the closing date of application, with relaxation for SC/ST/OBC-NCL/PwBD/ex-servicemen/women and departmental KVS/NVS employees as detailed in the notification.
Relaxations & certificates
- SC/ST: 5 years; OBC-NCL: 3 years age relaxation.
- Women candidates applying for PGT, TGT, Librarian and PRT posts: 10 years age relaxation.
- Persons with Benchmark Disabilities: 10 to 15 years age relaxation depending on category, with an additional 5 years for KVS employees.
- Ex-servicemen and existing KVS/NVS regular employees receive post-specific relaxation as detailed in Notification 01/2025.
If your degree title, age, domicile or category certificate is unusual, mark yourself “check required” and read the official wording.
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Selection process & syllabus
Stage by stage, without mixing recruitment years.
Selection stages
- 1Tier-I: OMR-based preliminary qualifying examination (General Reasoning, Numeric Ability, Basic Computer Literacy, General Knowledge, Language Competency).
- 2Tier-II: main computer-based/OMR examination, post- and subject-specific.
- 3Interview (Assistant Commissioner, Principal, Vice-Principal, PGT, TGT, Librarian, PRT) or Skill Test (Stenographer, Junior Secretariat Assistant), weighted 85% Tier-II + 15% interview where an interview applies.
- 4Document verification against the online application.
Syllabus snapshot
- Tier-I: General Reasoning, Numeric Ability, Basic Computer Literacy, General Knowledge and Language Competency (English plus one other Indian language).
- Tier-II: post- and subject-specific paper as detailed in the Notification 01/2025 Information Bulletin.
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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
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Official links & source record
Go straight to the recruiting body.
noticeRecruitment Notification 01/2025 (KVS & NVS)noticeNotification 01/2025 notice pagenoticeTier-II OMR sheet and answer-key public noticewebsiteKVS Notifications/Recruitment pagewebsiteNVS recruitment page
- Primary source
- Recruitment Notification 01/2025 — Filling up the teaching and non-teaching posts in KVS and NVS through Direct Recruitment
- Published / changed
- 13 Nov 2025; Tier-II OMR/answer-key notice published 13 May 2026
- Last checked
- 4 Aug 2026, 16:10 IST
Official notices, corrigenda and recruiting-body pages have final authority. This page is a reading aid.