KEA Warder RPC Recruitment 2026 — 576 Vacancies

KEA Warder RPC Recruitment 2026: Overview

The Karnataka Prisons and Correctional Services Department is recruiting Warders and Second Grade Teachers (Instructor Grade-II) through the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA). This notice covers direct recruitment in the Residual Parent Cadre (RPC), with appointments in Karnataka’s prison service. The department has issued a separate notice for the Kalyana Karnataka cadre, so check the cadre name when choosing your application.

Posts and Disciplines

• Warder: The prison-service role described as Veekshaka in the Kannada notice. It belongs to the department’s Residual Parent Cadre recruitment.
• Second Grade Teacher (Instructor Grade-II): The trade-based instructor post in the same cadre. The notice names mechanical, electrical, carpentry, tailoring, textile or weaving, and carpet-making trades.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Training: After appointment, you must complete nine months of basic training at a school designated by the department’s Director General. You must also pass the examinations prescribed during that training.
• Probation: Direct recruits serve a two-year probation period. Selection therefore comes with a period of training and assessment before completion of the initial service requirements.
• Pension: The notice places recruits under the National Pension System (NPS), following the government order it cites.
• Reservation claims: Choose the category that applies to employment recruitment. A category used for educational admission does not automatically establish the same claim for these posts.
• Rural reservation: The notice links this claim to schooling in recognised rural areas from Class 1 through Class 10. Your claim remains subject to the prescribed reservation rules.
• Ex-servicemen: The notice distinguishes former service personnel from their dependants. The dependant category does not receive the ex-servicemen reservation benefit merely because of that relationship.
• Application changes: The notice does not allow changes or corrections after you apply. Check the cadre, post and reservation entries carefully before final submission.
• Attendance costs: You receive no allowance for attending the written, endurance or medical tests. Plan your travel with this condition in mind.
• Recruitment updates: KEA and the department will announce further arrangements through their websites. Test centres may change for administrative reasons, and admission letters will not be sent by post.