Alerts and Updates for KVS TGT (Kendriya Vidyalaya Trained Graduate Teacher)

KVS TGT under Notification 1/2025 at a glance

TGT is the graduate-level teaching cadre for classes VI to X and sits a rung below PGT: Level-7 rather than Level-8, a graduation-level subject paper rather than a post-graduate one, and CTET Paper II rather than no CTET requirement. Tier 1 is common to every post in the notification and only decides who reaches Tier 2; nothing from it is carried into the final merit.

Dates and windows

This calendar is common to every TGT subject and indeed to every post under Notification 1/2025, since one notification, one application window and one pair of exam dates cover the whole recruitment. Only the Tier 2 result phase differs by post. The extension to 11 December 2025 and the Tier 1 and Tier 2 exam dates come from coaching portals rather than a KVS document we could read. The application window closed in three stages: 4 December 2025 as notified, extended to 11 December 2025 by the CBSE notice of 5 December, and reopened until 15 December 2025 by the CBSE notice of 13 December for candidates whom the KVS/NVS qualification mismatch had blocked, after Corrigendum-2 aligned the two sets of qualifications.

What this means for your preparation

The commonest error is treating KVS TGT as a smaller version of KVS PGT. It is a different examination with a different eligibility gate: CTET Paper II is mandatory for TGT and the subject paper is pitched at graduation level, not post-graduate. The second commonest error is assuming a cycle is always open. KVS recruits infrequently, and the 2025 notification followed a long gap.

Tier 1 is a gate, not a score

Tier 1 carries 300 marks across six parts of the notification's design: General Reasoning, Numeric Ability, Basic Computer Literacy and General Knowledge at 20 questions and 60 marks each, plus 10 questions and 30 marks for English language competency and the same for a Modern Indian Language. It runs two hours with no part-wise time limit, and a wrong answer costs one full mark because the deduction is one third of a three-mark question. Shortlisting is 1:10 against notified vacancies. None of those 300 marks enters the final merit, so the rational strategy is to clear the shortlist comfortably and spend the remaining preparation time on the subject paper, which decides 85 per cent of the outcome.

The descriptive block decides close cases

Tier 2 is 100 marks in two and a half hours, but it is not a single objective paper. Sixty objective questions carry 60 marks with a 0.25 deduction for each wrong answer, and ten descriptive questions carry 40 marks with no deduction. That means 40 per cent of the paper that decides 85 per cent of the merit is handwritten. Candidates drilled on multiple-choice question banks routinely arrive without having written a single timed subject answer, run out of time on the descriptive block, and lose more there than negative marking could ever cost them. Budget the clock before the exam: roughly ninety minutes for the objective half leaves an hour for ten written answers.

Eligibility failures are the quiet killer

The notification asks for a Bachelor or Honours degree with at least 50 per cent both in the concerned subject and in the aggregate, plus a B.Ed with at least 50 per cent, or one of the integrated routes: a four-year integrated degree with a B.Ed component at 50 per cent, a three-year integrated B.Ed-M.Ed at 50 per cent, or post-graduation at 55 per cent with the integrated B.Ed-M.Ed. On top of that sit CTET Paper II and competency to teach through both English and Hindi medium, and an age ceiling of 35. The subject-percentage clause is where applications fail: an aggregate above 50 does not help if the concerned subject falls below it.

Vacancy spread is wildly uneven

Within the same notification, Sanskrit carries 529 posts and Hindi 13. That thirty-fold gap changes what a given score is worth, because the interview shortlist is 1:3 against notified vacancies for that subject. A Hindi aspirant is competing for roughly forty interview slots nationally; a Sanskrit or Mathematics aspirant for well over a thousand. If a candidate is genuinely eligible in more than one subject, and some graduates with a language plus a B.Ed are, the vacancy table is a legitimate input to the choice. Check it in the notification for each cycle rather than assuming the last cycle's distribution holds.

Do not plan around a cycle that is not open

As of 22 September 2026 there is no open KVS TGT application window. Notification 1/2025 closed in December 2025, both written tiers are over, Tier 2 results were released in thirteen phases between 17 August and 14 September 2026, and what remains is the interview stage for those shortlisted 1:3. No date for a further KVS TGT notification has been announced. For anyone starting now the practical work is eligibility: CTET Paper II is conducted separately by CBSE and must already be in hand when the next window opens, and a B.Ed at 50 per cent cannot be acquired in the weeks a notification stays live.

Common questions

Is KVS TGT recruitment open right now?

No. The current cycle is Recruitment Notification No. 1/2025, issued by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan on 13 November 2025. Registration ran from 14 November 2025 and closed on 4 December 2025 by the notification, reported as extended to 11 December 2025. Tier 1 was held on 10 and 11 January 2026 and Tier 2 from 27 to 31 March 2026. Tier 2 results were declared in phases between 17 August and 14 September 2026. KVS has not announced a date for a further TGT notification.

What is the difference between KVS TGT and KVS PGT?

TGT is the graduate-level teaching cadre and PGT the post-graduate one. Under Notification 1/2025 the TGT post sits at Level-7 of the Pay Matrix, Rs 44,900 to 1,42,400. TGT eligibility is a Bachelor or Honours degree with at least 50 per cent in the concerned subject plus a B.Ed at 50 per cent, and it additionally requires a CTET Paper II pass, which the PGT route does not. The TGT Tier 1 knowledge level is stated as graduation level.

Is CTET compulsory for KVS TGT?

Yes. The essential qualifications in Notification 1/2025 require the candidate to have qualified in the Central Teachers Eligibility Test Paper-II conducted by CBSE, alongside the degree and B.Ed requirements and competency to teach through both English and Hindi medium. CTET is a separate examination run by CBSE on its own calendar, so it has to be cleared before a KVS application window opens rather than during it. No exemption from this requirement is set out in the notification text we read.

What is the KVS TGT exam pattern and how is the final merit calculated?

Selection runs in three stages. Tier 1 is 100 questions for 300 marks over two hours across reasoning, numeric ability, computer literacy, general knowledge, English and a Modern Indian Language, with one mark deducted per wrong answer, and it shortlists 1:10. Tier 2 is the subject paper: 60 objective questions for 60 marks with a 0.25 deduction, plus 10 descriptive questions for 40 marks, in two and a half hours. Interview carries 100 marks. Final merit is 85 per cent Tier 2 and 15 per cent interview.

How many TGT vacancies did KVS notify in 2025?

Notification 1/2025 lists 2,794 Trained Graduate Teacher posts in KVS: Sanskrit 529, Special Educator 493, Mathematics 413, Social Studies 327, English 314, Work Experience 250, Science 177, Physical and Health Education 144, Art Education 134 and Hindi 13. Coaching portals subsequently reported a revised TGT total of 3,069 with higher subject-wise counts, but we could not find that revision in a KVS document, so it should be read as reported rather than confirmed.

What is the age limit and application fee for KVS TGT?

The age limit stated in Notification 1/2025 for the TGT post is not exceeding 35 years, reckoned against the closing date of the application window. The fee for TGT is Rs 1,500 as examination fee plus a processing fee of Rs 500. Candidates from SC, ST, PwBD and Ex-Servicemen categories are exempt from the examination fee but still pay the Rs 500 processing fee, and the notification adds that GST is charged extra by the bank.