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Karnataka Teaching Posts Previous Papers

The department publishes KARTET keys after each test; the 2026 recruitment is the first under the new Special Rules, so its papers do not yet exist.

Karnataka Teaching Posts · checked 19 September 2026

Karnataka Teaching Posts at a glance, from the official notices

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.

19September 2026

Checked 19 September 2026

Karnataka Teaching Posts: the facts that matter now

  1. 01

    Centralised Admission Cell, School Education Department; KEA for pre-university and collegiate posts

    Recruiting bodies

  2. 02

    Teacher direct recruitment 2026 — applications to 25 September 2026, fee reconciliation to 28 September; KEA PU principal recruitment, in-service…

    Open now

  3. 03

    5 to 13 October 2026, by cadre — two OMR papers of 100 marks, 35 per cent in each

    Examinations

  4. 04

    0.25 per wrong answer in the recruitment papers; none in KARTET

    Negative marking

Past papers

Karnataka Teaching Posts — Reading previous papers properly

What exists

  • KARTET 2025 key answers — published on the department’s site after the 7 December 2025 test, following the four-day objection window.
  • The 2022 graduate primary cycle — whose counselling list was published on 18 May 2026 after a tribunal order — its scheme is the closest precedent for the 2026 papers.
  • KEA recruitment papers — KEA posts its question papers year by year, including the PU and other recruitments.

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