KVS Cut Off 2026: Status, Previous Year Marks and Target Score
The KVS cut off is the lowest score that gets a candidate shortlisted at each stage of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan teacher recruitment. In the current cycle under Recruitment Notification 01/2025, conducted by CBSE, it works stage by stage: Tier 1 shortlists for Tier 2, and Tier 2 shortlists for the interview or decides selection directly.
No official category-wise cut-off for this cycle has been published yet. This page explains why, lists the previous year cut-off from the 2022-23 recruitment, shows why those figures cannot be compared with the new two-tier scores, and helps you set a realistic target.
Table of Contents
KVS Cut Off 2026: Current Status
KVS Previous Year Cut Off
Why Old Cut-offs Do Not Convert
What Affects the KVS Cut Off
How to Set Your Target Score
KVS Cut Off 2026: Current Status
Stage | How the cut-off works | Status (October 2026) |
|---|---|---|
Tier 1 (300 marks) | Qualifying only; shortlisting in a 1:10 ratio to vacancies, category-wise | Result declared on 28 February 2026; marks shown in the candidate login |
Tier 2 (100 marks) | Shortlisting for interview in a 1:3 ratio | Results declared post by post since 17 August 2026 |
Final merit | 85 percent Tier 2 and 15 percent interview | Interviews in progress for shortlisted posts |
According to a CBSE press note of 1 September 2026, Tier 2 marks for posts with an interview will be released within 15 days of the final result. For posts without an interview, marks appear in the login along with the result. Until those releases, any "KVS cut off 2026" table you see online is an estimate, not an official figure.
KVS Previous Year Cut Off (2022-23 Cycle)
These are selected written-exam cut-offs from the 2022-23 recruitment, out of 180 marks.
Post | UR | OBC | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
PRT | 134.91 | 127.21 | 121.34 | 102.75 |
TGT Mathematics | 141 | 133 | 120 | 111 |
TGT Hindi | 141 | 134 | 132 | 124 |
TGT English | 129 | 120 | 114 | 106 |
TGT Science | 130 | 122 | 115 | 105 |
PGT Computer Science | 149 | 139 | 132 | 121 |
PGT Commerce | 145 | 138 | 130 | 116 |
PGT Mathematics | 141 | 131 | 116 | 104 |
PGT Physics | 120 | 111 | 99 | 87 |
The pattern was consistent: popular subjects with many applicants, such as Hindi, Mathematics and Computer Science, needed close to 80 percent for UR candidates, while subjects with fewer applicants closed lower.
Why Old Cut-offs Do Not Convert
Different papers: The 2022-23 exam was one 180-mark paper. The current cycle uses a 300-mark Tier 1 and a 100-mark Tier 2 with a written part.
Negative marking: Old papers had none. Now a wrong answer costs 1 mark in Tier 1 and 0.25 marks in Tier 2, which pulls raw scores down.
Scaling does not work: Converting 141 out of 180 into a Tier 2 score ignores the descriptive section, which carries 40 of the 100 marks.
What Affects the KVS Cut Off
Vacancies per subject: Shortlisting is ratio-based, so a subject with more posts admits more candidates and closes lower.
Applicants per post: Popular subjects face more competition.
Paper difficulty: A tougher paper lowers the score of the last shortlisted candidate.
Category: Each category is shortlisted separately against its own vacancies.
How to Set Your Target Score
Cut-offs change every cycle with difficulty, vacancies and the number of applicants. Treat old figures as a benchmark only, and aim for a clear margin rather than a bare pass.
Tier 1: Target consistent scores across all six sections, with accuracy high enough that negative marks do not erase your attempts.
Tier 2: Since this score carries 85 percent of final merit, treat every mark as rank-deciding, especially in the descriptive part.
Track a trend: Judge readiness by your last five full-length mock scores, not one good attempt.
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