Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board

The Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB) recruits staff for Group B and Group C posts in departments of the Government of NCT of Delhi and in local bodies such as the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC). For teaching aspirants, the DSSSB exam is the main route to a permanent government school job in Delhi as a Primary Teacher (PRT, advertised as Assistant Teacher (Primary)), Trained Graduate Teacher (TGT) or Post Graduate Teacher (PGT).

This page focuses on those three teaching cadres. It summarises the latest advertisements (05/2025 for PRT, 06/2025 for TGT, 10/2024 for PGT and 03/2026 for newer teaching posts), the one-tier exam that DSSSB now uses for teachers, eligibility, pay and how to prepare. DSSSB also recruits for many non-teaching posts, such as Patwari, Assistant Section Officer, Junior Scientific Assistant, Stenographer and Junior Engineer. Those follow their own post-wise schemes and are not covered in detail here.

DSSSB teaching exam at a glance

Latest DSSSB teaching notifications

DSSSB does not run one fixed annual exam. It issues separate advertisements for different posts through the year, and each post gets a post code (for example 802/25). Always read the advertisement for your post code, because age dates, vacancies and qualifications differ between them.

• Advertisement 05/2025 (Assistant Teacher, Primary): Dated 10 September 2025, post code 802/25, 1,180 tentative vacancies (DoE 1,055 and NDMC 125). Applications ran from 17 September to 16 October 2025. The exam was scheduled across February and March 2026.

• Advertisement 06/2025 (TGT and related posts): Dated 3 October 2025, post codes 55/25 to 72/25, 5,346 tentative vacancies across TGT subjects, Drawing Teacher (DoE) and Special Education Teacher (NDMC). Applications ran from 9 October to 7 November 2025. Exams for these post codes are being held in phases through 2026.

• Advertisement 10/2024 (PGT): Dated 30 December 2024, post codes 824/24 to 834/24, 432 tentative vacancies in 11 subjects. Applications ran from 16 January to 14 February 2025. Subject-wise exams and marks notices followed between 2025 and 2026.

• Advertisement 03/2026 (mixed, including teaching): Dated 29 May 2026, 1,979 posts in total, including TGT (Computer Science) 675, Special Educator (Primary) 450, TGT (Special Education Teacher) 163 and Domestic Science Teacher 129. Applications ran from 16 June to 15 July 2026.

Important dates

Exam dates are set post by post and can be rescheduled. Treat the dates above as tentative, and confirm your own date and shift on your e-admit card and on the official DSSSB website.

Vacancy details

Assistant Teacher (Primary), Advertisement 05/2025

TGT and related posts, Advertisement 06/2025

PGT, Advertisement 10/2024

The 432 PGT vacancies were spread across Hindi (91), Economics (82), Political Science (78), History (61), Commerce (37), Mathematics (31), Geography (22), Biology (13), Chemistry (7), Physics (5) and Sociology (5), all in the Directorate of Education. NDMC sent no PGT requisition for this advertisement.

All vacancy figures are tentative as printed in the advertisements and can be revised through corrigenda. Check the latest notice for your post code before you plan around a number.

DSSSB eligibility for teachers

Educational qualification

• PRT (Assistant Teacher, Primary): Senior Secondary with the required percentage plus a two-year Diploma in Elementary Education, or a four-year B.El.Ed., or other routes listed in the advertisement, plus a pass in CTET. DoE posts also need Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi or English as a subject at Secondary level.

• TGT: Graduation in the relevant subject with at least 50% marks (or a qualifying master's or four-year integrated degree), plus B.Ed. where required, plus a pass in CTET for TGT subject posts.

• PGT: Master's degree in the relevant subject with at least 50% marks, plus B.Ed. (or B.A.B.Ed., B.Sc.B.Ed. or integrated B.Ed.-M.Ed.).

Age limit

For PRT, TGT and PGT posts in the latest advertisements, the upper age limit is 30 years, counted on the closing date of the application. Reserved categories get the relaxations below.

Other conditions

Some advertisements give a one-time age relaxation to contractual or guest teachers of the same department, linked to their service. Full rules, including the CTET and B.Ed. details for each post.

Application fee and how to apply

The fee is paid online through SBI e-Pay only and is not refundable.

1. Register on OARS: Create a one-time registration on dsssbonline.nic.in with a working mobile number and email.

2. Pick the post code: Select the advertisement and the exact post code, for example TGT English (Female) or PRT 802/25.

3. Fill and upload: Enter qualification details as on the crucial date and upload your photograph and signature as specified in the advertisement.

4. Pay and submit: Pay the fee if applicable, submit before the closing time and save the final form.

Common reasons for rejection are applying without holding the qualification on the crucial date, a CTET pass that is missing for posts that need it, and wrong category or date-of-birth entries that do not match certificates at the e-dossier stage.

DSSSB exam pattern for PRT, TGT and PGT

DSSSB's examination scheme groups posts into one-tier, two-tier and three-tier formats. Teaching posts in the current advertisements are all examined under the One Tier (Technical/Teaching) scheme: a single objective paper decides merit.

PRT and TGT (one tier)

PGT (one tier)

Each wrong answer costs 0.25 mark. Minimum qualifying marks apply to the subject section (Section B, or Section II for PGT): 40% for General and EWS, 35% for OBC (Delhi) and 30% for SC, ST and PwBD. Section A has no separate minimum, but its marks count in the merit list.

What this means for you:

• The subject section decides selection: It is both the qualifying hurdle and half or more of the total marks.

• Section A is still worth 100 marks: A strong general section often separates candidates with similar subject scores.

• Guessing has a cost: Four wrong answers cancel one correct answer.

Older pages may still describe a two-tier PGT exam with a descriptive English paper, based on the 2013 scheme. The latest PGT advertisement uses a one-tier, 300-mark paper, so follow the official advertisement.

DSSSB syllabus summary

DSSSB names these sections in each advertisement but does not always publish a detailed topic list for every post. Use the DSSSB syllabus page for a working topic checklist by post.

Selection process

1. One-tier CBT: The full merit list is drawn from total marks in Sections A and B (or I and II for PGT), subject to the minimum in the subject section.

2. E-dossier shortlisting: DSSSB releases marks and calls a set of candidates, usually more than the vacancies, to upload documents and department preferences online.

3. Document verification and result: The user department scrutinises documents, and DSSSB publishes the final result. Ties are broken first by Section B marks and then by age, as stated in the advertisement.

There is no interview for these teaching posts.

Salary and career growth

These are the official pay scales printed in the advertisements. Gross and in-hand pay depend on allowances such as DA and HRA, which change over time, so any in-hand figure you see elsewhere is an estimate. All three posts are Group B. Promotion from PRT to TGT and from TGT to PGT happens under the department's recruitment rules, alongside direct recruitment.

How to prepare for the DSSSB teaching exam

• Start with Section B: Build your subject and pedagogy base first, because it carries the qualifying rule.

• Run Section A in parallel: Give 60 to 90 minutes a day to reasoning, numerical ability and the two languages, and keep monthly current affairs notes.

• Use previous papers early: They show the real depth of subject questions for your post code.

• Move to full mocks: In the last six to eight weeks, take full-length timed tests and review every wrong and skipped question.

DSSSB cut-off reference

Cut-offs change with each post code, the number of vacancies and the difficulty of the paper. Treat these figures as benchmarks only, and aim for a clear margin above them. For notices, admit cards and results, use the official DSSSB website, and apply only through the DSSSB online application portal.