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

The NCERT non teaching syllabus is not a single list. NCERT, which calls these jobs "non-academic" posts, published a post-wise scheme and syllabus on 5 January 2026 for Advertisement No. 01/2025/Non-Academic. Every Computer Based Test (CBT) has a common Section A and a Section B that depends on the post, while interview and skill-test posts have a short topic list instead of a written paper.

This page turns that document into a checklist you can study from. It covers the question split for each post, the Section A topics, the Section B subjects by post family, and a phased plan. Marks, duration and negative marking sit on the NCERT non teaching exam pattern page.

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NCERT Non Teaching Syllabus at a Glance

The official document sets these totals for the posts it covers. Lab Assistant and Junior Hindi Translator are named only in the question break-up, so check the NCERT vacancies page for their full scheme.

Key Changes to Know

• Post-wise papers: Section B differs for each post family, so choose your post before you build a study plan.

• Sectional minimums: You must score at least 40% in each section if unreserved, or 35% if you are SC, ST, OBC or PwBD.

• Negative marking: Each wrong answer costs one-fourth of a mark.

• Typing test for clerks: Lower Division Clerk candidates who clear the CBT must also pass a computer typing test of 35 w.p.m. in English or 30 w.p.m. in Hindi.

• Older pages: Older pages may still show the topic lists of earlier NCERT recruitments, so follow the 2025 scheme on the official site.

Section A: Question Split by Post

Section A tests language, awareness and basic aptitude. NCERT published the exact number of questions for each topic.

Senior Proof Reader tests General Hindi, English or another language, as per the post advertised, in place of General English. English questions carry the largest share of Section A, so grammar, vocabulary and comprehension speed give the most return across posts.

Section B: Subjects by Post Family

Accounts: Senior Accountant and Junior Accountant

• Auditing, taxation and financial statements.

• Fundamental Rules and Supplementary Rules.

• CCS rules on pension, commutation of pension and GPF or CPF, plus the New Pension Scheme.

• Bank reconciliation statement and budgeting for Junior Accountant.

Stores: Store Officer, Storekeeper Grade-I and Grade-II

• Basics of store keeping and inventory control.

• Modes of procurement, including the online procurement process.

• Storage, maintenance and record keeping of stores, and disposal.

Library: Professional Assistant, Semi Professional Assistant, Senior Library Attendant

• Library and Information Science procedures, rules and regulations.

• Recent developments in knowledge, including digital libraries.

• Library software, word processing and data analysis packages.

• For Senior Library Attendant: library aptitude, mathematical ability, general science and digital library.

Electronics and engineering: Engineering Assistant and Technician Grade-I

• Telecast, broadcast, webcast and transmission technology used in mass communication.

• Electronic components, devices and circuits, digital electronics and communication engineering.

• Electronic instruments and measurements, power electronics, consumer electronics and troubleshooting.

• Wireless and mobile communication, computer networks and programming.

• Sound, microphones, studio layout, video cameras, optics, satellite and video server systems.

Media and production posts

• Production Assistant: layout and design, production, paper quality and calculation, anti-piracy measures, IPR, costing and estimation.

• Cameraman Grade-II: camera types, lenses, lighting, shot composition, depth of field, white balance, shutter speed, editing and file formats.

• Script Writer: script formats for television and radio, instructional design, story boarding, language proficiency and writing for new and social media.

• Audio Radio Producer Grade-III and TV Producer Grade-III: programme production structure, scripting, audience profile, editing, ICT in education, IPR and the Right to Education Act.

• Senior Proof Reader: house style, proof reading symbols, track changes, layout, book size and the editorial process.

Assistant Engineer Grade-A and Assistant Public Relation Officer

Assistant Engineer Grade-A is tested on media, multimedia and film production, and on broadcast and transmission technology including AI and machine learning applications. Assistant Public Relation Officer is tested on public relations, advertising, marketing, management and PR research across print, electronic and new media.

Computer Operator Grade-III and Lower Division Clerk

• Computer Operator Grade-III: computer fundamentals, generations and types of computers, operating systems, networking, storage, internet and cyber security, and word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and database software.

• Lower Division Clerk: quantitative aptitude, logical reasoning and computer knowledge.

Posts with a Skill Test or Interview Only

Superintending Engineer, Production Officer, Business Manager and Assistant Production Officer are selected by interview. Set Designer, Graphic Assistants, Floor Assistant, Film Assistant, Film Joiner, Lightman, Painter, Toucher Grade-II and Carpenter are selected by a skill test with interaction. NCERT lists topics for each, such as printing technology and costing for production posts, marketing research and brand management for Business Manager, and colour theory, set design and tool handling for the craft posts. There are no marks or questions to plan around, so prepare practical knowledge and your work experience.

Overlap Between Posts

How to Cover the Syllabus

1. Weeks 1 to 4: Build English grammar, vocabulary and comprehension, and start the daily current affairs habit of 30 to 40 minutes.

2. Weeks 3 to 8: Begin Section B for your post, one topic family at a time, with short notes and formula or rule sheets.

3. Weeks 6 to 10: Add topic-wise questions and 20-minute sectional tests for both sections.

4. Final weeks: Attempt full-length timed papers, review every wrong answer the same day, and revise your error log. Clerk candidates should add daily typing practice.

The official scheme is on the NCERT scheme and syllabus document.