CBSE direct recruitment 2026 exam date out; tier-1 assistant professor, director test from January 31
Sundararajan | December 30, 2025 | 04:13 PM IST | 1 min read
CBSE DRQ 2026: The board is set to conduct the direct recruitment examination in two sessions—9:30 am to 11:30 am and 2 pm to 4 pm.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced the exam dates for the Direct Recruitment Quota Examination 2026 (DRQ2026). As per the schedule, the CBSE DRQ 2026 tier 1 exam for various group A, B, and C posts will be held on January 31 and February 1 in two sessions.
The board will conduct the CBSE direct recruitment examination with a duration of two hours. Session 1, the common paper, will be held from 9:30 am to 11:30 am, while session 2 will take place from 2 pm to 4 pm.
The CBSE Direct Recruitment 2026 exam will be conducted to fill various group A, B, and C posts such as Assistant Secretary, Professor, Director, Accounts Officer, Superintendent, and more.
Also read UPSC CDS 1 2025 final result declared: 535 qualify for Officers Training Academy
CBSE DRQ 2026: Tier 1 exam schedule
Candidates can check the exam dates and timings for the direct recruitment quota examination conducted by the CBSE.
| Exam date | Post | Session | Timings |
|---|---|---|---|
|
January 31 |
Assistant Secretary |
Session 1 (One common paper) |
9:30 am to 11:30 am |
|
Assistant Professor and Assistant Director (Academics) |
|||
|
Assistant Professor and Assistant Director (Training) |
|||
|
Assistant Professor and Assistant Director (Skill Education) |
|||
|
Accounts Officer |
|||
|
Junior Translation Officer |
|||
|
Superintendent |
Session 2 |
2 pm to 4 pm |
|
|
February 1 |
Junior Accountant |
Session 1 (One common paper) |
9:30 am to 11:30 am |
|
Junior Assistant |
The tier-I examination centre, city, and admit card for CBSE direct recruitment 2026 will be issued soon on the official website, cbse.gov.in. Candidates can download their CBSE DRQ admit card by entering their valid login credentials.
Follow us for the latest education news on colleges and universities, admission, courses, exams, research, education policies, study abroad and more..
To get in touch, write to us at news@careers360.com.
Next Story
]Featured News
]- NIT Kurukshetra students demand elected council, quick re-exams, counselling for teachers
- IIM Fees vs Placements: Soaring cost, stagnant salaries, students in debt
- Delhi University plans study-abroad programme for UG students, scholarships for some
- Hostel Life: Bad food, dirty toilets, sky-high fees – the truth about higher education’s crumbling backbone
- No UGC framework, no scope of AI-free assignments; teachers rethink class assessment with viva voce
- Assam Women’s University: From handful of students to robots in village schools, AWU is just getting started
- Teacher Training: Deemed university on paper, NITTTRs lose ground as AICTE, MMTTCs muscle in on domain
- CBSE mandatory 3rd language rule leaves Sanskrit as only R3 option at many pvt English-medium schools
- Mofussil to Markets: SNDT Women’s University is taking fashion design boom to the Maharashtra hinterlands
- Promised, but missing: Five years on, National Digital University reduced to a budget item, with no funds