Detail Information about KVS has published notification 2026 for the recruitment of PGT Computer Science (Post Graduate Teacher) vacancies. Those Candidates who are Interested to the following vacancy and completed all Eligibility Criteria can read the Notification & Apply Online. In this page we provide the Complete Syllabus of this Recruitment with Latest Update Exam Pattern and the Exam Date also.KVS PGT Computer Science Syllabus 2025-26 - Overview
| Name of the Organization |
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) |
| Conducting Board |
KVS Careers 2025-26 |
| Name of the Posts |
PGT Computer Science |
| No. of Posts |
Notified Soon |
| Apply Mode |
Online |
| Category |
Syllabus and Exam Pattern |
| Job Location |
anywhere in India |
| Official Website |
www.kvsangathan.nic.in |
KVS PGT Computer Science Syllabus 2026
Tier-1 Prelims Syllabus
Reasoning Ability
1. Verbal and non-verbal types
2. analogies
3. similarities
4. Syllogism
5. space visualization
6. problem-solving
7. Blood Relation
8. arithmetical reasoning
9. figure classification
10. Logical Reasoning
11. Mirror Image
12. Directions
13. Puzzles and Seating Arrangement
14. Data Sufficiency
15. Coding-decoding
16. Order and Ranking
17. Alpha Numeric Symbol Series
Numeric Ability :
1. Ratio and Proportion
2. Simple Interest
3. Chain Rule
4. Permutation and Combination
5. Decimal Fraction
6. Time and Work
7. Stocks and Share
8. Probability
9. Logarithm
10. Average
11. Numbers
12. Problems on Ages
13. Area
14. Square Root and Cube Root
15. Height and Distance
16. Surds and Indices
17. Boats and Streams
18. Allegation or Mixture
19. Banker’s Discount
20. Races and Games
21. Time and Distance
22. Volume and Surface Area
23. Simplification
23. Pipes and Cistern
24. Partnership
25. Problems on HCF, LCM
26. Compound Interest
Computer Literacy
1. Abbreviations
2. Basic Computer Terminology & Shortcuts
3. Web Technology
4. Database Management Systems
5. Browsers and Search Engines
6. Internet
7. General Concept of Social Networking
8. Computer Memory or Storage Devices
9. Computer Software & Hardware
10. History and Evaluation of Computers
11. Generations and Types of Computers
12. Operating Systems
General Knowledge
1. Awards
2. Books & their authors
3. Sports
4. History- Ancient
5. Medieval & Modern
6. Geography
7. Current Affairs
8. Polity
9. Economics
10. Constitution
11. Indian Art & Culture
12. Everyday Science
13. Scientific Research
14. National/International Organizations /Institutions
General English :
1. Articles
2. Modal
3. Narration
4. Pronoun
5. Adverb
6. Adjective
7. Verb
8. Preposition
9. Tenses
10. Punctuation
11. Voice
12. Vocabulary
13. Idioms & phrases
14. Antonym & Synonyms
15. Reading Comprehension
16. Word Power
General Hindi :
1. भाषा
2. संज्ञा एवं संज्ञा के भेद
3. सर्वनाम एवं सर्वनाम के भेद
4. विशेषण एवं विशेषण के भेद
5. क्रिया एवं क्रिया के भेद
6. वचन
7. लिंग
8. उपसर्ग एवं प्रत्यय
9. वाक्य निर्माण (सरल, संयुक्त एवं मिश्रित वाक्य)
10. पर्यायवाची
11. विपरीपार्थक
12. अनेकार्थक
13. समानार्थी शब्द
14. मुहावरे एवं लोकोक्तियाँ
15. अलंकार
16. सन्धि
17. तत्सम
18. तद्भव
19. देशज एवं विदेशी शब्द
20. समास
21. पद परिचय
22. पठन कौशल
23. शब्द सामर्थ्य
Tier 2
Subject Knowledge Test (Computer Science) :
Computer Systems and Organisation :
1. Basic Computer Organisation : Introduction to computer system, hardware, software, input device, output device, CPU, memory (primary, cache and secondary), units of memory (Bit, Byte, KB, MB, GB, TB, PB)
2. Types of software: system software (operating systems, system utilities, device drivers), programming tools and language translators (assembler, compiler & interpreter), application software
3. Operating system (OS): functions of operating system, OS user interface
4. Boolean logic: NOT, AND, OR, NAND, NOR, XOR, truth table, De Morgan’s laws and logic circuits
5. Number system: Binary, Octal, Decimal and Hexadecimal number system; conversion between number systems.
6. Encoding schemes: ASCII, ISCII and UNICODE (UTF8, UTF32)
Computational Thinking and Programming :
1. Introduction to problem solving: Steps for problem solving (analysing the problem, developing an algorithm, coding, testing and debugging). representation of algorithms using flow chart and pseudo code, decomposition
2. Familiarization with the basics of Python programming: Introduction to Python, features of Python, executing a simple "hello world" program, execution modes: interactive mode and script mode, Python character set, Python tokens (keyword, identifier, literal, operator, punctuator), variables, concept of l-value and r-value, use of comments
3. Knowledge of data types: number (integer, floating point, complex), boolean, sequence (string, list, tuple), none, mapping (dictionary), mutable and immutable data types
4. Operators: arithmetic operators, relational operators, logical operators, assignment operator, augmented assignment operators, identity operators (is, is not), membership operators (in, not in)
5. Expressions, statement, type conversion & input/output: precedence of operators, expression, evaluation of expression, python statement, type conversion (explicit & implicit conversion), accepting data as input from the console and displaying output
6. Errors: syntax errors, logical errors, runtime errors
7. Flow of control: introduction, use of indentation, sequential flow, conditional and iterative flow control
8. Conditional statements: if, if-else, if-elif-else, flowcharts, simple programs: e.g.: absolute value, sort 3 numbers and divisibility of a number
9. Iterative statements: for loop, range function, while loop, flowcharts, break and continue statements, nested loops, suggested programs: generating pattern, summation of series, finding the factorial of a positive number etc
10. Strings: introduction, indexing, string operations (concatenation, repetition, membership & slicing), traversing a string using loops, built-in functions: len(), capitalize(), title(), lower(), upper(), count(), find(), index(), endswith(), startswith(), isalnum(), isalpha(), isdigit(), islower(), isupper(), isspace(), lstrip(), rstrip(), strip(), replace(), join(), partition(), split()
11. Lists: introduction, indexing, list operations (concatenation, repetition, membership & slicing), traversing a list using loops, built-in functions: len(), list(), append(), extend(), insert(), count(), index(), remove(), pop(), reverse(), sort(), sorted(), min(), max(), sum(); nested lists, suggested programs: finding the maximum, minimum, mean of numeric values stored in a list; linear search on list of numbers and counting the frequency of elements in a list
12. Tuples: introduction, indexing, tuple operations (concatenation, repetition, membership & slicing), built-in functions: len(), tuple(), count(), index(), sorted(), min(), max(), sum(); tuple assignment, nested tuple, suggested programs: finding the minimum, maximum, mean of values stored in a tuple; linear search on a tuple of numbers, counting the frequency of elements in a tuple
13. Dictionary: introduction, accessing items in a dictionary using keys, mutability of dictionary (adding a new item, modifying an existing item), traversing a dictionary, built-in functions: len(), dict(), keys(), values(), items(), get(), update(), del(), clear(), fromkeys(), copy(), pop(), popitem(), setdefault(), max(), min(), count(), sorted(), copy(); suggested programs : count the number of times a character appears in a given string using a dictionary, create a dictionary with names of employees, their salary and access them
14. Introduction to Python modules: Importing module using 'import ' and using from statement, Importing math module (pi, e, sqrt, ceil, floor, pow, fabs, sin, cos, tan); random module (random, randint, randrange), statistics module (mean, median,mode)
Society, Law and Ethics:
1. Digital Footprints
2. Digital society and Netizen: net etiquettes, communication etiquettes, social media etiquettes
3. Data protection: Intellectual Property Right (copyright, patent, trademark), violation of IPR (plagiarism, copyright infringement, trademark infringement), open source softwares and licensing (Creative Commons, GPL and Apache)
4. Cyber-crime: definition, hacking, eavesdropping, phishing and fraud emails, ransomware, preventing cyber crime
5. Cyber safety: safely browsing the web, identity protection, confidentiality, cyber trolls and bullying.
6. Safely accessing web sites: malware, viruses, trojans, adware
7. E-waste management: proper disposal of used electronic gadgets
8. Indian Information Technology Act (IT Act)
9. Technology & Society: Gender and disability issues while teaching and using computers
Computational Thinking and Programming – 2 :
1. Functions: types of function (built-in functions, functions defined in module, user defined functions), creating user defined function, arguments and parameters, default parameters, positional parameters, function returning value(s), flow of execution, scope of a variable (global scope, local scope)
2. Introduction to files, types of files (Text file, Binary file, CSV file), relative and absolute paths
3. Text file: opening a text file, text file open modes (r, r+, w, w+, a, a+), closing a text file, opening a file using with clause, writing/appending data to a text file using write() and writelines(), reading from a text file using read(), readline() and readlines(), seek and tell methods, manipulation of data in a text file
4. Binary file: basic operations on a binary file: open using file open modes (rb, rb+, wb, wb+, ab, ab+), close a binary file, import pickle module, dump() and load() method, read, write/create, search, append and update operations in a binary file
5. CSV file: import csv module, open / close csv file, write into a csv file using csv.writerow() and read from a csv file using csv.reader( )
Computer Networks :
1. Evolution of networking: introduction to computer networks, evolution of networking
(ARPANET, NSFNET, INTERNET)
2. Data communication terminologies: concept of communication, components of data communication (sender, receiver, message, communication media, protocols), measuring capacity of communication media (bandwidth, data transfer rate), IP address, switching techniques (Circuit switching, Packet switching)
3. Transmission media: Wired communication media (Twisted pair cable, Co-axial cable, Fiberoptic cable), Wireless media (Radio waves, Micro waves, Infrared waves)
4. Network devices (Modem, Ethernet card, RJ45, Repeater, Hub, Switch, Router, Gateway, WIFI card)
5. Network topologies and Network types: types of networks (PAN, LAN, MAN, WAN) networking topologies (Bus, Star, Tree)
6. Network protocol: HTTP, FTP, PPP, SMTP, TCP/IP, POP3, HTTPS, TELNET, VoIP, wireless/mobile communication protocol such as GSM, GPRS and WLL
6. Introduction to web services: WWW, Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML), Extensible Markup Language (XML), domain names, URL, website, web browser, web servers, web hosting
Database Management :
1. Database concepts: introduction to database concepts and its need
2. Relational data model: relation, attribute, tuple, domain, degree, cardinality, keys (candidate key, primary key, alternate key, foreign key)
3. Structured Query Language: introduction, Data Definition Language and Data Manipulation Language, data type (char(n), varchar(n), int, float, date), constraints (not null, unique, primary key), create database, use database, show databases, drop database, show tables, create table, describe table, alter table (add and remove an attribute, add and remove primary key), drop table, insert, delete, select, operators (mathematical, relational and logical), aliasing, distinct clause, where clause, in, between, order by, meaning of null, is null, is not null, like, update command, delete command, aggregate functions (max, min, avg, sum, count), group by, having clause, joins: cartesian product on two tables, equi-join and natural join
4. Interface of python with an SQL database: connecting SQL with Python, performing insert, update, delete queries using cursor, display data by using fetchone(), fetchall(), rowcount, creating database connectivity applications
Introduction to Computer System :
1. Introduction to computers and computing: evolution of computing devices, components of a computer system and their interconnections, Input/Output devices.
2. Computer Memory: Units of memory, types of memory – primary and secondary, data deletion, its recovery and related security concerns. Software: purpose and types – system and application software, generic and specific purpose software.
Introduction to Python :
1. Basics of Python programming, Python interpreter - interactive and script mode, the structure of a program, indentation, identifiers, keywords, constants, variables, types of operators, precedence of operators, data types, mutable and immutable data types, statements, expressions, evaluation of expressions, comments, input and output statements, data type conversion, debugging, control statements: if-else, for loop Lists: list operations - creating, initializing, traversing and manipulating lists, list methods and builtin functions.: len(), list(), append(), extend(), insert(), count(), find(), remove(), pop(), reverse(), sort(), sorted(), min(), max(), sum()
2. Dictionary: concept of key-value pair, creating, initializing, traversing, updating and deleting elements, dictionary methods and built-in functions: len(), dict(), keys(), values(), items(), get(), update(), clear(), del() Database concepts and the Structured Query Language
3. Database Concepts: Introduction to database concepts and its need, Database Management System. Relational data model: concept of attribute, domain, tuple, relation, candidate key, primary key, alternate key, foreign key.
4. Advantages of using Structured Query Language, Data Definition Language, Data Query Language and Data Manipulation Language, Introduction to MySQL, creating a database using MySQL, Data Types
5. Definition Commands: CREATE TABLE
6. Data Query Commands: SELECT-FROM- WHERE
7. Data Manipulation Commands: INSERT
Emerging Trends :
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Immersive experience (AR, VR), Robotics, Big data and its characteristics, Internet of Things (IoT), Sensors, Smart cities, Cloud Computing and Cloud Services (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS); Grid Computing, Block chain technology
Data Handling using Pandas :
1. Introduction to Python libraries- Pandas, Matplotlib.
2. Data structures in Pandas - Series and Data Frames.
3. Series: Creation of Series from – ndarray, dictionary, scalar value; mathematical operations; Head and Tail functions; Selection, Indexing and Slicing.
4. Data Frames: creation - from dictionary of Series, list of dictionaries, Text/CSV files; display; iteration; Operations on rows and columns: add, select, delete, rename; Head and Tail functions; Indexing using Labels, Boolean Indexing;
5. Importing/Exporting Data between CSV files and Data Frames.
6. Data Visualization Purpose of plotting; drawing and saving following types of plots using Matplotlib – line plot, bar graph, histogram Customizing plots: adding label, title, and
legend in plots
Database Query using SQL :
1. Math functions: POWER (), ROUND (), MOD ().
2. Text functions: UCASE ()/UPPER (), LCASE ()/LOWER (), MID ()/SUBSTRING ()/SUBSTR (), LENGTH (), LEFT (), RIGHT (), INSTR (), LTRIM (), RTRIM (), TRIM ().
3. Date Functions: NOW (), DATE (), MONTH (), MONTHNAME (), YEAR (), DAY (), DAYNAME ().
4. Aggregate Functions: MAX (), MIN (), AVG (), SUM (), COUNT (); using COUNT (*).
5. Querying and manipulating data using Group by, Having, Order by.
Introduction to Computer Networks :
1. Introduction to networks, Types of network: LAN, MAN, WAN.
2. Network Devices: modem, hub, switch, repeater, router, gateway
3. Network Topologies: Star, Bus, Tree, Mesh.
4. Introduction to Internet, URL, WWW, and its applications- Web, email, Chat, VoIP.
5. Website: Introduction, difference between a website and webpage, static vs dynamic web page, web server and hosting of a website.
6. Web Browsers: Introduction, commonly used browsers, browser settings, add-ons and plug- ins, cookies.
Societal Impacts :
1. Digital footprint, net and communication etiquettes, data protection, intellectual property rights (IPR), plagiarism, licensing and copyright, free and open source software (FOSS),
cybercrime and cyber laws, hacking, phishing, cyber bullying, overview of Indian IT Act.
2. E-waste: hazards and management.
3. Awareness about health concerns related to the usage of technology.KVS PGT Computer Science Exam Pattern 2026
Tier-1 Preliminary Exam
Duration : 120 Minutes
Negative Mark : 01
| S.No. |
Subject |
No.of Question |
Marks |
| Part-I |
General Reasoning |
20 |
60 |
| Part-II |
Numeric Ability |
20 |
60 |
| Part-III |
Basic Computer Literacy |
20 |
60 |
| Part-IV |
General Knowledge |
20 |
60 |
| Part-V |
Language Competency Test (English) |
10 |
30 |
| Part-VI |
Language Competency Test (One other Modern Indian Languages*) |
10 |
30 |
| |
Total
|
100 |
300 |
Tier-2 Subject Knowledge Test
Negative Marking : 0.25
| S.No. |
Subject |
No.of Question |
Marks |
Duration |
| 1. |
Subject Knowledge Test (Objective) |
60 |
60 |
150 Minutes |
| 2. |
Subject Knowledge Test (Descriptive) |
10 |
40 |
| |
Total |
70 |
100 |
150 Minutes |
Exam Date : Notified Soon
Starting Date of Application Form : Notified Soon
Last Date of Application Form : Notified Soon
