Alerts and Updates for DSSSB TGT (Delhi Trained Graduate Teacher)

DSSSB TGT written paper at a glance

DSSSB's published scheme provides both a one-tier and a two-tier route depending on the post, and the current teaching advertisements use the one-tier (teaching) pattern: a single computer-based test in which the graduate-level subject paper is the 100-mark Section B. Some coaching portals describe a Tier I screening plus a 200-mark Tier II subject test for TGT; the advertisements in the live cycle do not use that structure, so read the scheme clause of the notice you are applying against.

Dates and windows

DSSSB schedules by post code rather than by exam name, publishing a consolidated notification of online examination for a block of months and confirming the individual sitting on the e-admit card. Any TGT exam date circulating before that notice should be treated as unconfirmed.

What this means for your preparation

Candidates most often misjudge how much of the trained-graduate paper is actually their subject. Section B is 100 of 200 marks, and it is not pure subject content: the advertisement wording is subject concerned with teaching methodology, so B.Ed material sits inside the subject half. The other frequent error is assuming DSSSB runs one TGT recruitment. It runs many, post code by post code, each with its own merit list.

Half the paper decides which subject list you join

Section A carries 100 marks split evenly across general awareness, reasoning and general intelligence, arithmetical and numerical ability, Hindi language and English language, at 20 marks each. Section B carries the remaining 100 marks on the subject concerned together with teaching methodology. The whole paper is 200 multiple-choice questions in two hours with 0.25 deducted per wrong answer. The consequence is arithmetical: a candidate who is outstanding in the subject but neglects Section A caps their achievable score at around 100 plus whatever they scrape from the general half, which in a competitive post code is not enough. Section A is also the cheaper half to improve, because its syllabus is finite and repeats across DSSSB papers, while the subject half is graduate-level and open-ended.

The post code, not the subject name, is the unit

DSSSB advertises each teaching vacancy against a post code that encodes the subject, the gender category where the post is gender-specific and the employing department. Advertisement No. 03/2026 uses 41/26 for TGT Computer Science with 675 posts, 42/26 for Domestic Science Teacher with 129 and 43/26 for TGT Special Education with 163. Earlier cycles used 806/24 for TGT Natural Science and 807/24 for TGT Hindi. Cut-offs, results, reservation rosters and even court stays attach to the post code, not to the subject in the abstract, which is why two candidates in the same subject in different years face entirely different merit thresholds. Applications, admit cards and result notices should all be tracked by the post code printed on the application.

Several school managements share the same board

DSSSB recruits on requisition for a range of Delhi school managements rather than for a single employer. The teaching post codes in Advertisement No. 03/2026 all sit under the Directorate of Education, but the board's primary-teacher advertisement in the same period split posts between the Directorate of Education and the New Delhi Municipal Council, and municipal corporation and cantonment board schools raise their own requisitions. For a trained-graduate candidate that means the volume of posts in a given subject is not fixed by one notice: a subject may appear under one management this year and another next, with separate vacancy counts and separate merit lists even where the written paper is identical.

CTET Paper II is a gate with no marks attached

Testbook states that a CTET pass conducted by CBSE is mandatory for TGT posts, and Advertisement No. 03/2026 specifies CTET at the elementary level for the special-education post code. Paper II of CTET is the elementary-stage paper corresponding to classes VI to VIII, which is the stage a trained graduate teacher serves. The certificate must be in hand by the crucial date; producing it later does not save an application. It contributes nothing to the DSSSB merit list, so effort spent pushing a CTET score higher is effort not spent on the DSSSB paper. Its real value is overlap: the pedagogy portion of CTET Paper II maps onto the teaching-methodology component inside Section B, so the two revisions reinforce each other.

Where the cycle stands in September 2026

The Advertisement 03/2026 window closed on 15 July 2026 and no examination date has been notified for its post codes, so candidates are waiting on the board's next notification of online examination. Meanwhile DSSSB is still discharging the earlier backlog. Testbook reports results issued in phases from April to June 2026 across roughly 2,375 vacancies, including TGT Hindi under 807/24 with marks and 830 candidates shortlisted for e-dossier upload against TGT Natural Science 806/24, with about 18 post codes outstanding in mid-May and six delayed by litigation. Qualified candidates are called for e-dossier submission and document verification rather than an interview, so keeping certificates scanned and ready shortens that step considerably.

Common questions

How many DSSSB TGT vacancies are open in 2026?

Advertisement No. 03/2026, notified 29 May 2026, carries 675 posts of TGT Computer Science under post code 41/26 and 163 posts of TGT Special Education under post code 43/26, which Testbook totals as 838 trained-graduate teacher posts. The same advertisement also lists 129 Domestic Science Teacher posts under 42/26 and 450 Special Educator (Primary) posts under 44/26, giving 1,417 teaching posts in all. TaiyarHo reports the complete advertisement, across teaching and non-teaching post codes, at 1,979 vacancies.

What is the DSSSB TGT exam pattern and how many marks is the subject paper?

The current teaching advertisements use a one-tier computer-based test of 200 multiple-choice questions carrying 200 marks in two hours. Section A carries 100 marks, made up of general awareness, reasoning and general intelligence, arithmetical and numerical ability, Hindi language and English language at 20 marks each. Section B carries 100 marks on the subject concerned together with teaching methodology. Every wrong answer costs 0.25 marks. Note that DSSSB's general scheme also provides a two-tier route for some posts, so check the scheme clause in your own notice.

Is CTET compulsory for DSSSB TGT?

Yes. Testbook states that a CTET pass conducted by CBSE is mandatory for TGT posts, and the Advertisement 03/2026 text for TGT Special Education specifies CTET at the elementary level alongside RCI registration. The relevant paper for the trained-graduate stage is CTET Paper II, covering classes VI to VIII. The certificate must exist on or before the crucial date stated in the advertisement, which for Advertisement 03/2026 is 15 July 2026. The score itself adds no marks to the DSSSB merit list.

What qualification and age limit apply to DSSSB TGT?

Testbook records the core requirement as a bachelor's or master's degree in the relevant subject with at least 50 per cent marks plus a B.Ed, with a maximum age of 30 years and the usual category relaxations. Individual post codes add their own conditions: TGT Computer Science under 41/26 asks for a bachelor's in computer application or computer science or a BE or B.Tech in computer science or information technology, and TGT Special Education under 43/26 requires specialised B.Ed qualifications and RCI registration.

What is the DSSSB TGT salary?

Testbook records the pay band for the trained-graduate teacher posts in the 2026 notice as Rs 44,900 to Rs 1,42,400, which is Pay Level 7 of the 7th Central Pay Commission matrix. TaiyarHo estimates gross monthly pay in Delhi at roughly Rs 91,000 to Rs 95,000 once dearness allowance and house rent allowance at Delhi rates are added; that is an unofficial calculation by the portal rather than a figure printed in the advertisement, and the actual figure varies with allowances and deductions.

When will the DSSSB TGT 2026 exam date be announced?

No exam date has been notified for the Advertisement 03/2026 post codes as of 22 September 2026. DSSSB schedules by post code, publishing a consolidated notification of online examination covering a block of months, and then confirms the individual centre, date and shift on the e-admit card. Testbook reported a revised DSSSB exam calendar spanning 1 June to 1 September 2026 for other post codes, which shows the pattern the board follows. Watch the notices and circulars section of dsssb.delhi.gov.in.