Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan TGT

The KVS TGT exam is the recruitment route for Trained Graduate Teachers in Kendriya Vidyalayas, the central government schools run by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS). The latest cycle ran under Recruitment Notification 01/2025, a joint notification for KVS and Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) that CBSE conducted on their behalf.

This page gives you the cycle at a glance: vacancies, dates, eligibility, fee, exam pattern, syllabus, selection process, pay and a preparation plan. Figures come from the official CBSE notification, its corrigenda and CBSE press notes. Where a detail is tentative or not yet announced, the page says so.

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KVS TGT at a glance

Notification and vacancies

CBSE published the detailed notification in November 2025 and revised it through three corrigenda. Corrigendum 3, dated 10 December 2025, raised the KVS TGT total from 2,794 to 3,069 posts. Older pages and videos may still quote 2,794, so follow the revised list below.

The notification calls all vacancies tentative, including backlog posts, and says they may increase or decrease. Treat these numbers as indicative and check the CBSE recruitment page for any later change.

Important dates

Dates for the interview and the final result were not available when this page was drafted. Interview schedules and call letters are issued only in each candidate's application login, so track the CBSE recruitment page and your login.

Eligibility

Educational qualification

For most TGT subjects, you need a bachelor's degree with at least 50% marks in the concerned subject and in aggregate, plus a B.Ed. with at least 50% marks. A four-year integrated degree with a B.Ed. component and 50% marks also qualifies. A post-graduate route with 55% marks and a three-year integrated B.Ed.-M.Ed. is allowed in specified cases. You must also hold a CTET Paper II certificate for most TGT subjects, and be able to teach in English and Hindi.

Age limit

The upper age limit for TGT is 35 years, and the minimum age is 18 years. Relaxation applies by category, and only the single highest concession applies, not a sum.

Other relaxations exist for regular KVS employees, central government employees and ex-servicemen. The full conditions are on the eligibility page and in the notification.

Other conditions

• Citizenship: Indian citizens only.

• Posting: Selected candidates can be posted anywhere in India, and change of station is not entertained on initial posting.

• Subject combination: Maths, Science and Social Studies have specific subject requirements at graduation level.

Read the full rules on the KVS TGT eligibility page before you apply.

Application fee and how to apply

GST is charged extra by the bank, and the fee is not refundable. If you apply for a similar post in both KVS and NVS, you pay once.

1. Open the application portal linked from the CBSE recruitment page.

2. Register and fill in the form with your name, date of birth and category exactly as on your Class X certificate.

3. Choose your TGT subject and the language for Part VI of Tier 1.

4. Upload your photograph and signature in JPG or JPEG format.

5. Pay the fee online and save the confirmation page.

No changes are allowed once the form is submitted, and incomplete forms are rejected. The cycle above has closed, so use these steps as a guide for the next notification.

Exam pattern

Tier 1

Tier 1 is a qualifying OMR test of 100 questions and 300 marks in 2 hours, with no separate time limit for each part.

Each question carries 3 marks, and each wrong answer costs 1 mark.

Tier 2

Tier 2 is a subject knowledge test of 100 marks in 2.5 hours: 60 objective questions of 1 mark each (0.25 marks off for a wrong answer) and 10 descriptive questions for 40 marks.

What this means for you

• Tier 1 is a gate: It only decides whether you reach Tier 2, so accuracy matters more than attempting everything.

• Tier 2 decides your rank: Subject depth and answer writing carry most of your final merit.

• Do not rely on old charts: Older pages may still show earlier KVS patterns, so follow the official notification.

The KVS TGT exam pattern page explains marking and time use in detail.

Syllabus summary

CBSE names the Tier 1 parts but does not publish topic lists for them, so any Tier 1 topic list is a working checklist built from the part names. For Tier 2, use the official syllabus PDF for your subject. See the KVS TGT syllabus page for a stage-wise breakdown.

Selection process

1. Tier 1: Qualifying only. Candidates are shortlisted for Tier 2 in the ratio of 1:10 against notified vacancies, category-wise, including ties at the last mark.

2. Tier 2: Subject test of 100 marks. Candidates are shortlisted for the interview in the ratio of 1:3 against vacancies, category-wise.

3. Interview: 100 marks.

4. Final merit: 85% weight to Tier 2 and 15% to the interview.

After merit, candidates who are in the lists of both KVS and NVS must submit their preference between the two. No waiting list is maintained.

Salary

The TGT post sits at Level 7 of the pay matrix, with a pay range of Rs. 44,900 to Rs. 1,42,400. The in-hand amount is not an official figure, and it varies with allowances, city and deductions, so check the pay slip rules at joining rather than relying on estimates.

How to prepare

Treat Tier 1 and Tier 2 as two different preparations that share some foundations, such as language, reasoning and teaching aptitude.

• Weeks 1 to 8: Build subject concepts for Tier 2 and a daily reading habit for English and Hindi.

• From week 3: Add reasoning, numeric ability, computer basics and current affairs for 30 to 40 minutes a day, with monthly notes.

• From week 6: Take topic-wise tests and short sectional tests, and start writing descriptive answers by hand.

• Final phase: Take full-length timed tests, analyse each one the same day and revise from an error log.

For timed practice in the Tier 1 and Tier 2 pattern, check the Testkart KVS TGT page for the tests, notes and courses currently listed. Pair them with the official notification and syllabus PDF so your preparation stays in line with CBSE.

Cut-off reference

CBSE has not published category-wise cut-off marks for KVS TGT in the notices we checked. It publishes shortlisting numbers and selects by rank within each category, so there is no fixed pass mark to chase. Cut-offs change every year with difficulty, vacancies and the number of applicants, so treat past figures as a benchmark only and aim for a clear margin above them. See the KVS TGT cut-off page for how shortlisting works.

For primary sources, use the CBSE recruitment page and the detailed notification.