About the exam
- Conducting body
- Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
- Department / organisation
- Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS)
- Advertisement / notification no.
- Notification 01/2025 (common exam conducted by CBSE)
- Exam level
- National
- Category
- Recruitment
- Sector
- Teaching
- Stages
- Tier 1 → Tier 2 (subject-specific) → interview / demonstration (Principal and Vice Principal)
Eligibility
- Qualification
- PGT: master’s (50%) + B.Ed · TGT: bachelor’s (50%) + B.Ed + CTET Paper II · PRT: 12th (50%) + elementary teaching diploma, or graduation + B.Ed, with CTET
- Age limit
- PRT 30 · TGT 35 · PGT 40 · Principal 35–50 · Vice Principal 35–45 · Librarian 35 (upper limits)
Posts, vacancies & pay
- Total vacancies / seats
- 9,921
- Category-wise vacancies
- PRT 3,630 · TGT 3,069 · PGT 1,606 · Principal 161 · Vice Principal 69 · Librarian 166 · non-teaching 1,220
Exam pattern
- Total questions
- 100 (Tier 1)
- Total marks
- 300 (Tier 1)
- Exam duration
- 2 hours (Tier 1)
- Question type
- MCQ
- Negative marking
- Tier 1: −1 per wrong answer
- Marking scheme
- Tier 1: +3 per correct answer
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