RPSC School Lecturer (Special Education) 2026

The Rajasthan Public Service Commission advertised 121 posts of Lecturer – Special Education for the Secondary Education Department on 22 May 2026 (Advt. No. 01/Exam/Lect.-Special Edu./RPSC/EP-I/2026-27). These are newly created posts sanctioned by the Education (Group-1) Department on 12 November 2025, so this is the first recruitment for this cadre in Rajasthan. Selection is by a written competitive examination only, under the Rajasthan Education (State and Subordinate) Service Rules, 2021.

Status (5 November 2026): applications closed on 30 June 2026. The commission issued a press note on 23 September 2026 about the online edit and withdraw-application window. The RPSC homepage lists the exam on 8 December 2026.

Key Dates

Event	Date
Detailed advertisement	22 May 2026
Online application	1 June to 30 June 2026 (midnight)
Syllabus released	10 July 2026
Press note on edit / withdraw window	23 September 2026
Written examination	8 December 2026

Vacancies (121 posts)

Category	General	General Women	Widow	Divorcee	Total
General (UR)	33	9	4	0	46
SC	14	4	1	0	19
ST	10	3	1	0	14
OBC	18	5	2	0	25
MBC	5	1	0	0	6
EWS	8	2	1	0	11
Total					121

Horizontal reservation:

• Ex-servicemen: General 2 and OBC 1.
• Persons with disabilities: 5 posts:
  • Blind or low vision: 2
  • Deaf or hard of hearing: 1
  • Locomotor disabilities (one arm, one leg, both legs, one arm and leg, cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims, spinal deformity or injury): 1
  • Autism spectrum disorder (moderate), specific learning disability, mental illness or multiple disabilities: 1

Reservation for SC, ST, OBC, MBC, EWS and ex-servicemen is only for original residents of Rajasthan. Reserved-category candidates from other states apply as General.

Eligibility

Education. Both of the following:

1. A postgraduate degree or equivalent recognised by UGC in one of English, Hindi, History, Political Science, Sociology or Music; and
2. B.Ed. (Special Education), or B.Ed. with a two-year Diploma in Special Education, recognised by the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI).

Candidates also need a working knowledge of Hindi in Devanagari script and of Rajasthani culture. A candidate who is in or has appeared in the final year of the required qualification may apply, but must have earned the qualification before the competitive exam.

RCI registration (special condition). Candidates must be registered with RCI, permanently or provisionally, before the exam date, and must present a permanent registration number before appointment.

Age. Minimum 21 years and under 40 years as on 01.01.2027. Since this is the first recruitment for these new posts, the extra relaxation of up to 3 years for years with no recruitment (rule 16, proviso (ix)) does not apply. The age relaxations below do not add up; only one applies, except the disability relaxation, which is added on top.

Category	Relaxation in upper age
SC, ST, OBC, MBC, EWS men of Rajasthan	5 years
SC, ST, OBC, MBC, EWS women of Rajasthan	10 years
General category women	5 years
Widows and divorcees	No upper limit (but under 60 on the date of appointment)
Ex-servicemen	10 years (overall cap of 50; 55 where lower-post experience is required)
Persons with benchmark disabilities	5 years, in addition to the above
State, Panchayat Samiti, Zila Parishad and state PSU employees (substantive)	Upper limit 40 years

The advertisement also lists provisions for ex-prisoners, NCC cadet instructors, released emergency and short service commissioned officers, and temporary appointees.

Exam Scheme (450 marks)

Paper	Subject	Questions	Marks	Duration
Paper I	General Studies	75	150	1 hour 30 minutes
Paper II	Subjects and Special Education (Part A 75 + Part B 75)	150	300	3 hours
	Total		450

• All questions are multiple choice, on an OMR sheet.
• Minimum qualifying marks: 40% in each paper. SC and ST candidates need 35%. Ex-servicemen and persons with disabilities get relaxation under the relevant Rajasthan rules.
• Negative marking: one-third of the question's marks is deducted for each wrong answer. Marking more than one answer counts as wrong.
• Five-option OMR: each question has five options. Option 5 is for "not attempting". Leaving all five circles blank also costs one-third of the marks.
• Blank questions: a candidate who leaves more than 10% of the questions with no circle filled is disqualified. Ten extra minutes are given at the end to check that every question has a bubble filled.
• The final merit list is based on marks in the written exam. Results may be scaled, moderated or normalised if needed.

Syllabus

The official syllabus was released on 10 July 2026.

Paper I — General Studies (150 marks)

1. History of Rajasthan and Indian History, with special emphasis on the Indian National Movement.
2. Mental ability test, statistics (secondary level), mathematics (secondary level) including mensuration, and Hindi and English language ability.
3. Current affairs.
4. General science, Indian polity and geography of Rajasthan.
5. Educational psychology, educational management, the educational scenario in Rajasthan, and the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act.

Paper II — Subjects and Special Education (300 marks)

Part A — Senior secondary level subjects (150 marks). English, Hindi, History, Political Science, Sociology and Music.

• English: tenses, articles, modals, prepositions, sentence patterns, synonyms and antonyms, comprehension, phrasal verbs and idioms, transformation of sentences, subject-verb agreement, prefixes and suffixes, one-word substitution.
• Hindi: antonyms, prefixes, one-word substitution, sandhi and sandhi-viched, administrative terminology (English to Hindi), word correction and sentence correction.
• History: includes a large section on Rajasthan: its dynasties (1000–1800 AD), Rajput resistance, and the Bhakti movement and Sufism, with Mira, Dadu and Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, and folk deities and saints.
• Music: includes Rajasthan's traditional music communities (Langa, Manganiyar, Bhopa, Damami, Kalbeliya) and the Jaipur gharana of Kathak and Khayal.

Part B — Special education (150 marks).

• Agencies: Rehabilitation Council of India, the national institutes under DEPwD, NCERT and ALIMCO.
• Policies and programmes:
  • NEP 2020 (Chapter 6)
  • Samagra Shiksha 2022 (Chapter 9)
  • NCF for School Education 2023, Part B(4) on inclusive education
  • The ADIP scheme
  • The UDID project and scholarships
• Acts: RCI Act 1992, National Trust Act 1999, and the RPwD Act 2016 (Sections 16 and 17).
• Pedagogy: special and inclusive classroom practice, the individualised education programme (IEP), adapting curriculum and assessment, differentiated instruction, universal design for learning, teaching-learning materials, ICT and assistive devices.
• Education of children with disabilities: the disabilities specified under the RPwD Act 2016, and the teaching and evaluation provisions of the Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education.

Fee and Application

Applications were made online through RPSC's recruitment portal on SSO Rajasthan, after one-time registration (OTR). The advertisement gives the one-time registration fee:

Category	OTR fee
General, and creamy-layer BC/MBC	Rs 600
SC, ST, non-creamy-layer BC/MBC, EWS, Sahariya	Rs 400
Persons with disabilities	Rs 400

• Correction fee: Rs 500, paid online. Corrections were allowed during the application period and for 10 days after the last date.
• Second edit window: a 7-day online edit window opens 60 days before the first announced exam date.
• OTR blocking: under the rules of 9 May 2025, a candidate who misses two recruitment exams in a financial year has their OTR blocked. It is unblocked on payment of Rs 750, or Rs 1,500 for a second block. Withdrawing the application before the exam avoids this.

Pay

Pay Matrix Level L-12. During probation, a fixed monthly pay is given as per state government rules.

Related Pages

• RPSC RAS 2026, RPSC's state services exam
• REET 2026, the Rajasthan teacher eligibility test
• All Rajasthan exams

Sources: RPSC detailed advertisement No. 01/2026-27 (22 May 2026), RPSC syllabus for Lecturer (Special Education) Paper I and Paper II (10 July 2026), and the RPSC homepage exam listing, all on rpsc.rajasthan.gov.in.