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NVS teacher and staff recruitment

Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti recruits teachers and staff for the residential Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (653 JNVs; teachers stay on campus and share residential duties such as house mastership). The latest cycle, Recruitment Notification 01/2025, is a joint KVS+NVS direct recruitment conducted by CBSE, with online applications from 14 November 2025 (10:00) to 4 December 2025 (23:50). Selected candidates may be posted anywhere in India.

At a glance
Conducted by Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti; latest cycle (01/2025) conducted by CBSE jointly for KVS and NVS
Stages Tier 1 OMR (qualifying) → Tier 2 → interview (teaching posts) or skill test (JSA), depending on the post
NVS posts, 01/2025 Assistant Commissioner (Academics) 9 · Principal 93 · PGT 1,513 (+18 modern-Indian-language PGT) · TGT 2,978 (+443 third-language TGT) · JSA (HQ/RO) 46 · JSA (JNV) 552 · Lab Attendant 165 · MTS 24
Eligibility (NVS) PGT: Master's (50%) + B.Ed (50%), age not above 40 · TGT: Bachelor's (50%) + B.Ed (50%) + CTET Paper-II, age not above 35 (CTET not required for Music, Art, Work Experience, Librarian, Physical Education) · Principal: Master's + B.Ed with experience, age 35–50
Fee, 01/2025 PGT/TGT: Rs.1,500 exam fee + Rs.500 processing · JSA/Lab Attendant/MTS: Rs.1,200 + Rs.500 · SC/ST/PwBD/Ex-Servicemen pay only the Rs.500 processing fee

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Exam pattern

Tier 1 (qualifying, OMR, 2 hours, no sectional timing): 100 questions for 300 marks — General Reasoning 20 (60 marks), Numeric Ability 20 (60), Basic Computer Literacy 20 (60), General Knowledge 20 (60), English 10 (30), one other Modern Indian Language 10 (30). Each question carries 3 marks; 1 mark is deducted per wrong answer. MTS has its own Tier 1 (General Awareness 20/60, Computer Operation 40/120, English 20/60, MIL 20/60). Tier 1 shortlists for Tier 2 in a 1:10 ratio of notified vacancies.

Tier 2 (subject knowledge, 2.5 hours): 70 questions for 100 marks — 60 objective (1 mark each, 0.25 deducted per wrong answer) + 10 descriptive (40 marks).

After Tier 2: teaching posts including PGT and TGT go to a 100-mark interview (final merit 85% Tier 2 + 15% interview; shortlist 1:3). JSA goes to a typing skill test (NVS: 30 w.p.m. English or 25 w.p.m. Hindi). Lab Attendant and MTS are selected on Tier 2 marks only, with no interview or skill test.

Syllabus

Tier 1: reasoning, numeric ability, basic computer literacy, general knowledge, English and one Modern Indian Language (Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu or Urdu). Tier 2: the subject of the post (detailed post-wise syllabus is on the KVS/NVS websites under the Recruitment heading, per the notification).

How to prepare (free, in order)

  1. Clear Tier 1 first: it is qualifying but competitive (1:10 shortlist) — practise reasoning, numeric ability and computer literacy for speed at +3/−1 marking.
  2. Prepare the Tier 2 subject from NCERT textbooks (Class 6–10 level for TGT, higher level for PGT).
  3. TGT aspirants: qualify CTET Paper-II before the application closing date — it is mandatory.
  4. Read the current notification for the post-wise syllabus and interview/skill-test rules before applying.

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