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Karnataka Teaching Posts Exam Pattern

Two papers and a formula.

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Karnataka Teaching Posts · checked 19 September 2026

The dates, vacancies and rules below are read on the conducting body’s own site and rewritten as each notice appears. The guide beneath carries the full pattern, syllabus, cut-offs and free mock tests.

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19September 2026

Checked 19 September 2026

Karnataka Teaching Posts: the facts that matter now

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Centralised Admission Cell, School Education Department; KEA for pre-university and collegiate posts
Recruiting bodies
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Teacher direct recruitment 2026 — applications to 25 September 2026, fee reconciliation to 28 September; KEA PU principal recruitment, in-service…
Open now
03
5 to 13 October 2026, by cadre — two OMR papers of 100 marks, 35 per cent in each
Examinations
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0.25 per wrong answer in the recruitment papers; none in KARTET
Negative marking

Pattern

Karnataka Teaching Posts — How the paper is structured

The rules across the 2026 recruitment.
Rule	Detail
Two papers of 100 marks	Two hours each, OMR, Kannada and English with the English version authoritative.
35 per cent in each paper	Below that in either, the candidate is out regardless of the other.
0.25 off per wrong answer	Shade the fifth bubble on questions left blank.
Examination 70 or 85 per cent of the merit	TET 20 for primary and graduate primary posts; the degree and training course the rest.
No interview	Verification at one to two, a one-to-one provisional list, objections, final list.

Confirm the structure against your own notification

KPSC and the state’s other recruiting bodies revise paper structure, marks, syllabus detail and eligibility between recruitment cycles, and have done so more than once in recent years. Everything here describes the shape the recruitment has held; the notification for the cycle you are sitting is the document that decides it. Read it end to end before you plan around any figure.

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