Rajasthan Pre D.El.Ed Exam

The Rajasthan Pre D.El.Ed exam is the entrance test for admission to the two-year Diploma in Elementary Education, the course that was earlier known as Rajasthan BSTC. For the 2026-27 session, the official bulletin names it the Diploma in Elementary Education (General/Sanskrit) Entrance Examination 2026, and Vardhman Mahaveer Open University (VMOU), Kota, was the nodal agency. The conducting agency has changed between years, so check who runs the new cycle.

This page is the hub for the whole exam. It covers the last cycle in full: dates, eligibility, fee, pattern, syllabus, counselling and cut-off, with each fact marked as official, reported or unofficial. It also says plainly where the next cycle stands today, and ends with a preparation plan that you can start before any notification arrives.

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Rajasthan Pre D.El.Ed Exam at a Glance

Items marked reported come from news coverage, not from the bulletin.

Where the Cycle Stands Now

The 2026-27 cycle is complete. The exam was held on 20 May 2026 (reported), the result followed on 10 June 2026 (reported), and counselling ran in several rounds up to a special round in September 2026 (reported).

As of 25 October 2026, no official notification for the 2027-28 session has been found, and the VMOU entrance notices page lists no Pre D.El.Ed notice. Pages advertising a "2027 notification" are not official. There is no fixed release month: for 2026-27 the government letter naming the nodal agency is dated 25 November 2025 and applications opened on 2 December 2025, while for 2025 the notification was reported on 6 March 2025 and the exam on 1 June 2025.

What should you do meanwhile? Treat the 2026-27 rules as last cycle's rules. They are usually continued, but verify each one in the new bulletin. Keep watching the official sites listed below.

Important Dates for the 2026-27 Session

The bulletin itself left the exam date "to be announced later". All dates marked reported come from secondary coverage and can differ from the portal. Tentative dates can change, so track the official portal.

Eligibility in Brief

The full rules, with certificates and special cases, are on the Rajasthan Pre D.El.Ed eligibility page. In short, for the 2026-27 session:

• Qualification: Senior Secondary (Class 12) or equivalent from a recognised board. Old Higher Secondary of the Rajasthan board is accepted, and Varishth Upadhyay holders select that option in the form.

• Minimum marks: 50 percent for General; 45 percent for SC, ST, OBC, SBC, MBC, EWS, persons with disability (40 percent or more) and widowed, divorced or abandoned women. There is no rounding up, so 49.99 percent does not qualify for General and 44.99 percent does not qualify for the others.

• Appearing candidates: Students appearing in Class 12 in 2026 could apply, but had to show the pass marksheet at counselling.

• Age: Not more than 28 years on the date of the exam, with no age limit for widowed, divorced and abandoned women. Category relaxation follows Rajasthan government rules. The bulletin states no minimum age, so ignore pages that quote 17 or 18 as official.

Application Fee and How to Apply

The fee is non-refundable and is paid online by payment gateway, debit card, credit card, net banking or UPI. You can apply on the official portal or through an e-Mitra kiosk in Rajasthan.

Steps to apply

1. Open the official portal and register with your basic details. Your name and your parents' names must match your Class 10 certificate.

2. Choose the course carefully: General, Sanskrit or both. The course type cannot be changed after you submit.

3. Upload the photograph, thumb impression, signature and Class 10 marksheet in the required format.

4. Pay the fee online and submit the form.

5. Save a printout. Only the last submitted application is valid, and the exam centre cannot be changed.

Document specifications

Keep your Class 10 and 12 marksheets, reservation and domicile certificates and bank passbook details ready before you start. The admit card is available only on the website. Permission to sit the exam is provisional, because eligibility is finally decided from your documents at admission.

Exam Pattern in Brief

The bulletin does not publish the pattern, so these details are reported by multiple sources. The exam pattern page has the full breakdown.

Every candidate attempts Sections A, B, C and D-I plus one language section, which makes 200 questions and 600 marks. Each correct answer earns 3 marks. There is no negative marking, and unattempted questions also score zero, so never leave an OMR bubble blank.

Which language section do you attempt?

This is not a free choice on exam day. It follows the course you applied for.

Older pages that call it a free choice are wrong. Duration is reported as 3 hours, which works out to 54 seconds per question, so confirm the timing on your admit card.

Syllabus in Brief

The topic headings below are reported from the notification by two sources, and we could not review the bulletin text itself. Treat them as a working checklist, not as an official chapter list. The detailed version is on the Rajasthan Pre D.El.Ed syllabus page.

Selection Process and Counselling

Admission is by merit in the entrance exam followed by online counselling run by the university. No institute can admit a candidate on its own. The rounds below are reported for 2026; the portal is the authority.

Fees at counselling

• Counselling registration: Rs. 3,000.

• Institutional admission fee: Rs. 13,555, due on allotment and adjusted against the course fee. It is reported to be refunded if no seat is allotted after all rounds, though one source mentions a small deduction.

• Form correction in the second counselling: Rs. 200 (reported).

Documents and reporting rules

Carry the scorecard, admit card, Class 10 and 12 marksheets, fee receipts, allotment letter, domicile and category certificates, ID proof and photographs. Physical reporting at the allotted institute is mandatory, and paying online alone does not secure the seat. A seat is forfeited if you miss the fee or reporting deadline. Upward movement is possible only after your first-round admission is complete, and choices lock automatically when the window closes, so list unlimited colleges in your true order of preference.

Seats, Domicile and Reservation in Brief

• Domicile: To claim any reservation, you need a Rajasthan domicile (mool niwas) certificate issued by an authorised officer such as the District Magistrate or SDM. Caste certificates must mention Rajasthan domicile; otherwise a separate domicile certificate is needed.

• Out-of-state candidates: They are treated as General category without reservation, and up to 5 percent of seats can go to them on merit.

• Certificate validity: OBC and MBC certificates are valid for one year, extendable to a maximum of 3 years with a non-creamy-layer affidavit.

• Sanskrit seats: In Sanskrit D.El.Ed institutions, 75 percent of seats are for Varishth Upadhyay holders and 25 percent for candidates who studied Sanskrit as an optional subject in Class 12.

• Minority institutes: 51 percent of seats go to minority candidates and 49 percent to the general quota.

Cut-off in Brief

No official category-wise closing-marks document could be reached, so every figure below is unofficial. Do not confuse these with the 50 and 45 percent Class 12 minimums, which are official eligibility marks. Confirm in the new notification whether any qualifying score applies to the entrance paper itself.

For the 2025 cycle, one education site reported closing marks for government colleges of roughly 430 to 441 for General male candidates and 411 to 421 for General female candidates, out of 600. Other sites give very different ranges, so estimates disagree and none should be your only target. Closing marks also vary by gender, category, college type and counselling round. The Rajasthan Pre D.El.Ed cut off page has the full benchmark.

How to Prepare for the Rajasthan Pre D.El.Ed Exam

Three sections carry 75 percent of the marks: Mental Ability, Rajasthan GK and Teaching Aptitude, at 150 marks each. Use that weightage to plan your time.

1. Phase 1, foundation (first 6 to 8 weeks): Read the syllabus headings, then cover Rajasthan GK and Teaching Aptitude. Practise reasoning daily.

2. Phase 2, build speed (next 6 weeks): Take topic-wise quizzes. Revise grammar for English and for your language section. Start a monthly Rajasthan current-affairs page.

3. Phase 3, test practice (last 4 to 6 weeks): Attempt full 200-question papers within 180 minutes, on paper with an OMR sheet where possible.

4. Phase 4, revision: Review every mock the same day, keep an error log and revisit it weekly.

Because there is no negative marking, practise a rule for the last ten minutes: answer every remaining question. Guessing costs nothing.

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Beware of Look-Alike Websites

Many look-alike sites copy the exam name to collect fees or data. Apply and download documents only from the official portal named in the bulletin and from the VMOU website:

• Official portal: https://predeledraj2026.com/

• Official website of VMOU: https://vmou.ac.in/

Never pay for admit cards, results or "guaranteed seats", and never share OTPs with outsiders.