Updates as of September 22, 2026
DSSSB Advertisement 03/2026 carries Post Code 42/26, Domestic Science Teacher, in the Directorate of Education with 129 vacancies. The reported category break-up is UR 36, OBC 49, SC 8, ST 16 and EWS 20. Unusually for this advertisement, OBC posts outnumber unreserved ones, so the unreserved pool is only 36 seats.
Advt 03/2026 summary, Drishti Teaching ExamsEligibility is narrower than any other teaching post in the advertisement. Reports give it as a bachelor's degree in Domestic Science or Home Science together with a Bachelor of Education in which Domestic Science was a teaching subject. A B.Ed. taken with other method subjects does not satisfy the second limb.
PW (coaching source)Applications ran online only from 16 June 2026 at 12:00 noon to 15 July 2026 at 11:59 pm on dsssbonline.nic.in, with 15 July 2026 the crucial date for age and qualification. The fee was Rs 100, waived for women of all categories, SC, ST, PwBD and ex-servicemen candidates.
Adda247 (coaching source)The post is Group B at Pay Level 7 of the 7th CPC matrix, Rs 44,900 to Rs 1,42,400, with an upper age limit of not exceeding 30 years. It sits in the same advertisement as Post Code 41/26 TGT Computer Science and the two Special Education post codes, in a bundle reported at about 1,979 posts overall.
Advt 03/2026 summary, Drishti Teaching ExamsNo examination date for Post Code 42/26 had been notified as of 22 September 2026. DSSSB announces schedules on its Exam Date page, usually as a consolidated notice covering many post codes; the most recent such notice seen covered online examinations between 1 and 20 September 2026 and did not name 42/26.
DSSSB Exam Date noticesThe Domestic Science paper, Post Code 42/26, at a glance
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Post code and post | 42/26, Domestic Science Teacher, Directorate of Education, GNCT of Delhi, 129 posts |
| Paper type | One-Tier Technical or Teaching examination, computer-based, single stage, no interview |
| Section A (general) | 100 questions, 100 marks: General Awareness, General Intelligence and Reasoning, Arithmetical and Numerical Ability, Hindi Language and Comprehension, English Language and Comprehension, 20 each |
| Section B (Domestic Science) | 100 questions, 100 marks on the Home Science syllabus including nutrition, human development, textiles, resource management, community health, extension education and teaching methodology |
| Marks, time, negative marking | 200 MCQs, 200 marks, 2 hours; 1 mark per correct answer, 0.25 deducted per wrong answer |
| Minimum qualifying marks | General and EWS 40 per cent, OBC (Delhi) 35 per cent, SC, ST and PwBD 30 per cent |
Section A is word-for-word the same paper every other post code in Advertisement 03/2026 sits; only the second 100 questions are Home Science. Because the reported Section B list is broad rather than deep, spanning eight distinct areas, coverage matters more here than depth in any one of them.
Dates and windows
| What | When | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Advertisement 03/2026 issued | 29 May 2026 | Confirmed |
| Online applications open | 16 June 2026, 12:00 noon | Closed |
| Last date to apply and crucial date for eligibility | 15 July 2026, 11:59 pm | Closed |
| Computer-based examination, Post Code 42/26 | Not announced; to be intimated on the DSSSB website | Tentative |
| Admit card release | Not announced; normally follows the exam notice | Tentative |
| Result, e-dossier upload and document verification | Not announced | Tentative |
This schedule is common to every post code in Advertisement 03/2026 and is not specific to Domestic Science; the notification, the application window and the examination notice cover all of them together. Only the Section B content and the vacancy count differ by post code.
Source: PW on the 03/2026 cycle · DSSSB Exam Date page
What this means for your preparation
Domestic Science is the smallest teaching post code in this advertisement and the most tightly gated. Candidates most often come unstuck not on the paper but on the second half of the eligibility rule: a Home Science bachelor's degree is necessary but not sufficient, because the B.Ed. must itself have carried Domestic Science as a teaching or method subject. With 129 posts and only 36 of them unreserved, an eligibility defect found at document verification is expensive.
A 129-post field with only 36 unreserved seats
The reported break-up for Post Code 42/26 is UR 36, OBC 49, SC 8, ST 16 and EWS 20. That distribution is unlike the other teaching post code in the same advertisement, Computer Science, which has 416 unreserved posts and no OBC posts at all. For a general-category Domestic Science candidate the effective competition is for 36 seats, which is why the qualifying minimum of 40 per cent is close to irrelevant as a target. Candidates in the OBC (Delhi) category have proportionally the best position in this post code, with 49 of the 129 posts, and should still treat the 35 per cent qualifying floor as a threshold rather than a goal.
The eligibility gate has two limbs, not one
Reports give the essential qualification as a bachelor's degree in Domestic Science or Home Science plus a Bachelor of Education with Domestic Science as a teaching subject. Both limbs are judged as on 15 July 2026, the closing date. The second limb is where applications fail: many B.Ed. programmes allow only two method subjects, and a Home Science graduate who took, say, Science and English as methods does not meet it on the face of the marksheet. Keep the B.Ed. marksheet that names the method subject, and the syllabus page of the programme if the naming is ambiguous, ready for the e-dossier stage rather than hunting for them after a shortlist appears.
Eight areas in Section B, none of them optional
The Section B coverage reported for Domestic Science runs to food science and nutrition, including nutrients, balanced diet, meal planning, food preservation and therapeutic nutrition; human development and family studies, including adolescence, parenting and gerontology; textiles and clothing, including fibres, fabrics, finishes, garment construction and clothing care; resource and home management, including time and energy management, household budgeting and consumer education; community health and hygiene, including sanitation, health education and first aid; extension education, including rural development and programme planning; child development and learning theories; and teaching methodology. At 100 questions across eight areas, an area skipped costs roughly ten to fifteen marks, which is more than most candidates can absorb.
Extension education and consumer law are the neglected blocks
Home Science graduates generally arrive strong on nutrition and child development, because those are the credit-heavy parts of most B.Sc. Home Science degrees, and weak on extension education, resource management and consumer education. Those three blocks are also the most factual and the fastest to revise: programme planning models, communication methods in rural extension, household budgeting concepts and consumer protection provisions are short, definable items that reward list-learning rather than understanding. Given that the paper is multiple choice with 0.25 negative marking, converting these blocks from guesswork into certain marks is the cheapest available gain, and it is the work that distinguishes a 60 in Section B from an 80.
Section A decides as much as the subject does
Half the paper is the common Section A: 20 questions each of General Awareness, General Intelligence and Reasoning, Arithmetical and Numerical Ability, Hindi Language and Comprehension, and English Language and Comprehension. There is no sectional cut-off and no sectional timing, so the 120 minutes can be spent where they earn most. The arithmetic block is the one Home Science candidates most often under-prepare and the one with the clearest ceiling, since the topics are finite and repetitive. A candidate scoring 45 in Section A needs an unusually strong 85 or more in Section B to be competitive for 36 unreserved posts, which is a harder path than lifting Section A by fifteen marks.
Common questions
How many DSSSB Domestic Science Teacher vacancies are there in 2026?
Post Code 42/26 under Advertisement 03/2026 carries 129 Domestic Science Teacher vacancies in the Directorate of Education. The reported category split is 36 unreserved, 49 OBC, 8 Scheduled Caste, 16 Scheduled Tribe and 20 EWS. It is the smaller of the two mainstream teaching post codes in this advertisement, the other being Post Code 41/26 TGT Computer Science with 675 posts, out of an advertisement reported at about 1,979 posts in total across roughly 25 post codes.
What qualification do I need for DSSSB TGT Domestic Science?
Reports give the essential qualification as a bachelor's degree in Domestic Science or Home Science together with a Bachelor of Education in which Domestic Science was a teaching subject. Both are judged as on 15 July 2026, the closing date of the application window. This is a narrower gate than the other teaching post in the same advertisement, Computer Science, which accepts four different qualification routes including a B.Tech or a DOEACC A Level certificate. Verify the exact wording in the advertisement before relying on it.
What is the Section B syllabus for DSSSB TGT Domestic Science?
Reports describe eight areas: food science and nutrition covering nutrients, balanced diet, meal planning, food preservation and therapeutic nutrition; human development and family studies; textiles and clothing covering fibres, fabrics, finishes and garment construction; resource and home management covering budgeting and consumer education; community health and hygiene including sanitation and first aid; extension education including rural development and programme planning; child development and learning theories; and teaching methodology covering lesson planning, classroom management and assessment. Section B is 100 questions for 100 marks.
Is there negative marking in the DSSSB Domestic Science Teacher exam?
Yes. The paper is a one-tier computer-based test of 200 multiple-choice questions for 200 marks in two hours, with one mark for each correct answer and 0.25 deducted for each wrong answer. Minimum qualifying marks are 40 per cent for General and EWS candidates, 35 per cent for OBC (Delhi) and 30 per cent for SC, ST and PwBD, with a five per cent relaxation for ex-servicemen within their category subject to a 30 per cent floor. There is no interview stage.
When is the DSSSB Domestic Science Teacher exam date for Post Code 42/26?
No date had been notified as of 22 September 2026. DSSSB publishes examination schedules on its Exam Date page, typically as consolidated notifications covering several post codes at once; the most recent such notice seen covered online examinations held between 1 and 20 September 2026 and did not name 42/26. The application window for Advertisement 03/2026 closed on 15 July 2026, so a schedule notice is the next expected step. Treat any date circulating elsewhere as unconfirmed.
What is the salary and age limit for a DSSSB Domestic Science Teacher?
The post is Group B at Pay Level 7 of the 7th Central Pay Commission matrix, Rs 44,900 to Rs 1,42,400, the same level as the TGT Computer Science post advertised alongside it. The upper age limit is not exceeding 30 years as on the crucial date of 15 July 2026, with the standard relaxations reported as five years for SC and ST candidates, three for OBC and ten for persons with benchmark disabilities. Selection is on the written examination alone.
