NCERT Non Teaching Eligibility 2025-26: Post-wise Guide

NCERT non teaching eligibility depends on the post you apply for. Advertisement No. 01/2025/Non-Academic listed 47 post codes in Groups A, B and C, each with its own essential qualification, experience and maximum age. NCERT calls these jobs "non-academic" posts, and Indian nationals only could apply.

This page summarises the official conditions in one place: qualification by group, the age limit and relaxation table, experience rules and the common reasons candidates are rejected. All conditions were counted on the closing date of online submission, 16 January 2026. Read the exact wording for your post in the advertisement before relying on this summary.

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NCERT Non Teaching Eligibility at a Glance

Educational Qualification

NCERT lists essential qualifications and, for some posts, desirable ones. Meeting the essential conditions is what makes an application valid.

Group C posts (Level 2 to 5)

Audio Radio Producer Grade-III, TV Producer Grade-III, Graphic Assistants, Floor Assistant and Film Assistant need a graduate degree or a media diploma along with one to three years of media experience, as set out in the advertisement.

Group B posts (Level 6 and 7)

Group A posts (Level 10 to 12)

• Superintending Engineer: M.Tech in Electronics and Communication or IT with 10 years of experience, or B.Tech or a master's degree with 12 years.

• Production Officer and Assistant Production Officer: Printing Technology degree, or any degree with a diploma in Printing Technology, with 8 and 5 years of print production experience respectively.

• Business Manager: MBA, or a bachelor's degree with a two-year postgraduate diploma in sales, marketing or business administration, and 8 years of experience in sales and promotion in a publishing organisation.

• Assistant Engineer Grade-A: Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication or IT, or a master's degree in the area, with 5 years of experience.

• Assistant Public Relation Officer: Degree in Journalism, Mass Communication or Public Relations, with 3 years of experience in editing house journals and press liaison.

Age Limit and Relaxation

The age is counted on 16 January 2026, and the advertisement table lists maximum ages only.

PwBD relaxation is subject to the condition that the applicant's maximum age on the crucial date does not exceed 56 years. Relaxation applies only to the category for which the particular post is reserved. For example, an SC candidate applying for a post advertised for unreserved candidates gets no age relaxation, though fee exemption still applies. NCERT employees can claim a one-time age bar relaxation, with a declaration at document verification that they have not used it before.

Experience Rules

• Count after qualification: Only experience earned after completing the essential educational qualification is considered.

• Closing date: Experience gained after 16 January 2026 is not counted.

• Full-time work only: Part-time work, internships, apprenticeships, freelance work and daily-wage work are not counted, except SAS apprentices in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department or the Defence Accounts Department.

• Recognised employer: Experience must come from a reputed organisation, a government body, a PSU or an autonomous body, or a registered company, firm or partnership.

• Certificates: The certificate must show the duration of employment, pay and the nature of duties.

Nationality and Other Conditions

• Nationality: Only Indian nationals could apply.

• Reservation certificates: OBC (NCL) and EWS certificates had to be issued on or after 1 April 2025 and not later than the closing date. PwBD candidates need at least 40% benchmark disability and a UDID card or disability certificate.

• Government employees: Employees of central or state government, PSUs and autonomous bodies must produce a No Objection Certificate, and age relaxation is not given without it.

• Typing and skill tests: Lower Division Clerk candidates must clear the typing test, and several media and craft posts are filled by a skill test.

• Functional requirements: PwBD candidates must confirm they meet the functional requirements of the post before applying.

Who Is Not Eligible

• Missing a condition on 16 January 2026: Candidates short of any qualification, experience or age condition on that date are rejected and the fee is forfeited.

• Duplicate applications: More than one application for the same post leads to rejection.

• Wrong category claims: Applying under a reserved category without a valid certificate in the prescribed format.

• False information: Wrong or hidden details can cancel candidature, and service can be terminated later.

Fee and Documents

Unreserved, OBC and EWS candidates paid Rs. 1,500, Rs. 1,200 or Rs. 1,000 for each post, depending on the pay level, while SC, ST, PwBD and ex-servicemen candidates paid nothing. All uploaded documents had to be self-attested, and no new document was accepted at verification if it was not uploaded with the form. The official wording is in the NCERT advertisement.