KVS Librarian Exam Pattern, Eligibility, Important Dates

Tier-1 (graduation level): 100 objective questions, 300 marks, 2 hours, with 1 mark lost per wrong answer. Sections are reasoning, numeric ability, computer literacy, general knowledge, English and one Indian language.

Tier-2: library science, 60 objective plus 10 descriptive questions, 100 marks, 2.5 hours. Interview: 100 marks. Merit = 85% Tier-2 + 15% interview.

• Bachelor's degree in Library Science, or Library and Information Science, with at least 50%.
• Knowledge of computer applications.
• Working knowledge of Hindi and English.
• Age up to 35 on the closing date. SC/ST get 5 more years, OBC 3, women 10, PwBD 10 to 15.

No B.Ed. and no CTET are required.

Pay Level 7 (₹44,900 to ₹1,42,400), the same as a TGT.

Fee ₹1,500 plus ₹500 processing, with only the ₹500 payable by SC, ST, PwBD and ex-servicemen. Applying for the library post in both KVS and NVS needed one fee.

Two posts are for locomotor disability, four for hearing impaired and eight for other disabilities, some of them backlog. The 28 August result is a shortlist for interview only.

No cut-off list has been released. Combined KVS and NVS figures: 46,937 registered, 34,637 sat Tier-1, 3,087 were called to Tier-2, for 166 KVS and 134 NVS posts.

The library science paper decides this post, because Tier-1 only screens. Cover classification, cataloguing, library automation and reference service, and practise short written answers for the 40 descriptive marks.

• CBSE recruitment page
• Notification 01/2025 (PDF)
• Corrigendum 3 (revised Librarian vacancies)
• Tier-2 result press note, 28 Aug 2026
• KVS recruitment notices

Do I need B.Ed. for KVS Librarian?

No. A B.Lib. or B.Lib.I.Sc. with 50% is the main requirement.

Is CTET needed?

No.

How many posts are there?

166 in KVS after Corrigendum 3.

Is there an interview?

Yes, 100 marks, weighted 15% in the final merit.