TGCET 2026 Prospectus (English)

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TGCET 2026
Prospectus (English)
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TGCET 2026 Brochure

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GOVERNMENT OF TELANGANA
COMMON ENTRANCE TEST FOR ADMISSION IN RESIDENTIAL EDUCATIONAL
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Admission to Class – V in [4] societies of TGSWREI Society, TGTWREI
Society, MJPTBCWREI Society and TREI Society through Entrance test for the
academic year 2026-27.

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Institutions have been established through the welfare department and each year
talented students are admitted to these schools.Admissions in [4] Societies are made
through the Telangana Government Common Entrance Test (TGCET) to Class V. While
education in the schools is free including boarding& lodging.

SALIENT FEATURES OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND OTHER WELFARE
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RESIDENTIAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

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1. Teaching by efficient and experienced teachers who stay in the campus.

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2. (24X7) Continuous monitoring by teachers and provide homely environment.
3. Special coaching for IIT, NIT, NEET, EAPCET, CLAT and other National level
competitive exams in identified schools to facilitate scoring ranks and admission
into prestigious institutions.
4. Giving qualitative coaching in identified schools to secure more seats in MBBS &
BDS in Government Medical colleges.

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8. Training in Physical Education and Yoga on regular basis throughout the year.
9. Highest pass percentage in all Government examinations
10. To provide good quality modern education including a strong component of
culture, inculcation of values, awareness of the environment, adventure activities
and physical education to the talented children predominantly from rural areas.
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FREE AMENITIES PROVIDED TO STUDENTS BY GOVERNMENT EXCEPT TREI
SOCIETY:

1. Nutritious & Delicious food with fortified rice and balanced common diet.
2. Note Books & Text Books.
3. StationeryPencils, Record Books etc.
4. 3 Pairs of School Uniform, Trunk Boxes/Trolley Bags.
5. PT Dress, Track Suit, Sports Shoe, Socks, Night suit, Plate, Glass, Bowl, Spoon,
Bed sheet, Blanket and Mattress.
6. Monthly Cosmetic charges to buy soaps, oil etc.

FREE AMENITIES PROVIDED TO STUDENTS BY GOVERNMENT IN TREI
SOCIETY:

1. Nutritious & Delicious food with fortified rice and balanced common diet.
2. Note Books & Text Books.
3. Monthly Cosmetic charges.

Society wise school list is placed in Annexure-I.A maximum of eighty students are
admitted in Class V in each Society / as per concerned society sanctioned strength
through Entrance Test subject to availability of suitable candidates.

Entrance Test [TGCET] -2026 date, time and centres :

The Entrance Test for admission into Class-V in [4] Societies and Class – VI to IX in
[3] societies for the academic year 2026-27 is scheduled on 22-02-2026 [Sunday] from
11.00 am to 1.00 pm and examination centres arein the Telangana Districts and the
centres selected by the concerned authorities across the state for classes 5th to 9th.

The last date to submit online application is 21stJanuary, 2026.

Admission for 5th class in [4] Societies:

Applications are invited for admission into class V in [4] Societies.

A. Selection / providing admission for candidates will be based on erstwhile districts
(Old Districts).

B. Children of Fishermen of all districts are eligible for admission into MJPTBCWRS
Koudipalli school. In this school admissions are provided basing on the merit and
reservation of the candidate.

C. All the districts candidates in Telangana are eligible for admission in TRS Sarvail
(Nalgonda District) Regional Centre of Excellence school. In this school
admissions are provided basing on the merit and reservation of the candidate.

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1 TGSWREI Society 6th 1.Rukmapur Sainik school for Regular
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ELIGIBLE CRITERIA FOR ALL CANDIDATES:

(a) Admission of candidate to class V and VI to IX in erstwhile district specific. A
candidate who is studying class IV / V to VIII respectively in erstwhile district is
allowed to apply for admission to [4] / [3] Societies in the same erstwhile district
only.

(b) A candidate appearing for the Entrance test must be studying in Class-IV / Class
V to VIII respectively for the full academic year 2025-26. The candidate who has
already passed/studied class V / VI to VIII respectively in previous academic
years is NOT ELIGIBLE to apply & appear in the entrance test.

(c) “Person with disability” means a person suffering from not less than forty percent
(40%) of any disability as certified by a medical authority.

(d) Annual Income of the parents should be below Rs.1,50,000/- in rural areas and
Rs.2,00,000/- in urban areas.

(e) Age of the candidate:

S.No Class for SC & ST Age as on BC, Minority and Other Age As on
community 31.08.2026 Castes 31.08.2026
From To From To
1. V 01.09.2013 31.08.2017 <=13 01.09.2015 31.08.2017 <=11
2. VI 01.09.2012 31.08.2016 <= 14 01.09.2014 31.08.2016 <= 12
3. VII 01.09.2011 31.08.2015 <= 15 01.09.2013 31.08.2015 <= 13

4. VIII 01.09.2010 31.08.2014 <= 16 01.09.2012 31.08.2014 <= 14
5. IX 01.09.2009 31.08.2013 <= 17 01.09.2011 31.08.2013 <= 15

Procedure to register online for Entrance Test-2026.

The process for submission of application for TGCET-2026 through online process.
Registration can be done by paying Rs.100/- through online from Official websites.

Parents and Guardians have to go through the notification cum prospectus and
ensure the fulfilment of eligibility criteria.

1. Candidates can apply online from 11.12.2025 to 21.01.2026 through any one
of the following websites:

a) https://tgswreis.telangana.gov.in
b) https://mjptbcwreis.telangana.gov.in
c) https://tgtwgurukulam.telangana.gov.in
d) https://tgcet.cgg.gov.in

Process of Application : It is a two stage process:

A. Acknowledgment : Online Payment facility in the form of Net Banking,
UPI (Paytm, Google Pay, Etc.,), Credit/ Debit card payments.

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B. Application:The following documents in soft form (JPG format of size
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The Hall ticket shall be downloaded by the candidates/parents before ten days of
the conduct of TGCET-2026. The candidates have to preserve a printout of the hall
ticket and bring it to examination centre.

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No candidate can appear in the Entrance test without proper Hall Ticket. Hall
Ticket may be downloaded from online application portal directly or by visiting the
website mentioned above.
3] The photo on the Hall Ticket shall be matched with the candidate at the time of
verification by the invigilator at examination centre. In case there is a mismatch,
the candidate must contact the Principal of the examination centre immediately.

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Result of the Entrance Test :

The result of Entrance Test 2026 is expected to be declared in the month of
March / April, 2026. Candidates can get the result from the official web site and through
SMS to registered mobile.

The concerned Principals will also inform the selected candidates telephonically
on the registered mobile number as well as candidates can download the information
from the website. The entire admission process for the academic year 2026-27 will be
closed by 31stAugust, 2026.

Method of Selection for Admission in Schools

1. Merit in Test and as per school preference opted by the candidate at the time of
submission of application.
2. Reservation criteria (reservation of seats in various residential educational
institutions societiesare based on the rules of the respective societies).

TGSWREI TGTWREI MJPTBCWREI TREI
S.No CASTE SOCIETY SOCIETY SOCIETY SOCIETY
100% 100% 100% 110%
1 SC 75% 12% 15% 15%

2 ST 6% 64% 5% 10%

3 ST (Agency) - 10% - -

A: 15% A: 7%
B: 25% B: 10%
C: 3% C: 1%
4 BC 12% 5% D: 17% D: 7%
E: 10% E: 4%
MBC 5% TOTAL
TOTAL : 75% 29%

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7 EWS - - - 10%

8 Minority 3% - - -

Over all 3% Over all 3%
9 Orphans reserved for reserved for 3% 3%
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Physically Over all 3%
10 Challenged reserved for 3% - 3%
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6. The vacancies in the special categories (Physically challenged, orphans, children
of the army personnel) are filled as per the directions of the Government.
7. If the Tribal students of the Agency areas and the Children of the employees
working in Agency areas are not available, these vacancies are filled with the
Tribal students as per the directions of the Government.
8. The Chief Convener has the right to allot the seats of one category to another
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10. In case of tie among two or more candidates who have the same total
marks, the decision will be taken in the following order:

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PROVISIONAL SELECTION AND ADMISSION :

1) Provisional selection in the entrance test will not vest any right on the candidate
to secure admission into the concerned Residential Society. At the time of
seeking actual admission, each provisionally selected candidate will have to
produce all relevant original certificates, as prescribed by the concerned
societies. Until admission, the selection is provisional only. Candidates are
advised to apply for TC from parent school, only after the verification of
documentsand confirmation of admission by the respective Societies.

2) In case of any dispute, the decision of concerned Societies shall be final and
binding on the candidates and no correspondence to this effect shall be
entertained.

3) There is no provision for re-evaluation of the OMR or retotalling of marks, since
the result is processed through computer and sufficient care (double scanning of
OMRs) is taken to ensure accuracy through various checks while processing the
result.

4) Candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST)
Backward Class (BC), Minority and EWS will have to produce a certificate of
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/BC/Minority/EWS at the time of seeking
admission, if provisionally selected. Such certificate should be obtained from the
competent authority well in advance, so that it may be submitted to the
concerned Principal at the time of verification of document.

5) Candidates belonging to the Divyang category (Orthopedically Handicapped,
Hearing Impaired, Visually Handicapped, if provisionally selected, will have to
produce a medical certificate signed by Chief Medical Officer of the District
concerned at the time of admission in appropriate format.

DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED AFTER SELECTION

The parents of the candidates who are provisionally selected for admission will have to
submit the following documents at the time of admission for verification: -

i. Proof for date of birth -The copy of Birth Certificate issued by competentauthority .

ii. previous class bonafied certificate.

iii. Copy of Aadhaar Card of the candidate: As per section 7 of Aadhaar act, 2016, the
Provisionally selected candidate has to submit the copy of Aadhaar Card to
getadmission.

iv. Medical fitness certificate.

v. Disability certificate (if applicable)

vi. Category/community certificate (SC/ST/BC/Minority/EWS) if applicable.

Note: The TC from parent school after the verification of documents and
confirmation of admission by the respective Residential Society is to be
submitted.

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Structure of the Entrance Test:

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Method of Answering the questions:

a) A separate OMR (Optical Mark Recognition) answer sheet will be provided.
Candidates are required to mark/indicate their answers at an appropriate place
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minutes.

i. No candidate will be allowed to appear in the entrance test without proper Hall ticket.
ii. Candidates have to be seated in the allotted rooms at least by 10:30 am. Late
comers will not be permitted to appear for the test.
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Nature of the Test :

A. Sample question paper is given in Annexure-II and sample OMR sheet is given in
Annexure-III for the students.
B. The Entrance Test question paper will be in both Telugu & English Media.

SOME IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES FOR FILLING THE ONLINE
APPLICATION FORM

1. Candidates have to go through the seat matrix carefully and check how many
seats are available for each caste in the four (4) Residential Educational
Institutions Societies and select their priority accordingly.
2. While filling application candidate details are to be entered carefully.
3. Parents or the Guardians of the candidates are totally responsible for the
mistakes while filling online application form. TGSWREIS, TGTWREIS,
MJPTBCWREIS, TREIS and CGG are not at all responsible for such
mistakes once submission is completed.
4. No changes can be made to the application after it is uploaded.
5. Once the application is uploaded, there will be no opportunity to make any
changes. So, before filling the application, all the details should be verified.
6. Candidates are not eligible for admission just by attending the entrance test.
7. Only parent’s (either father or mother) phone number has to be given. NET
CENTRE PHONE NUMBER SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN.
8. If the candidates need more information or if they have any problem, they can
contact the following phone numbers on all working days from 10:30 AM to
5:00 PM or send a mail to the following Mail IDs.

S.No Society Name Contact Number Mail IDs
1 TGSWREIS 040-23391598 [email protected]
2 TGREIS 040 – 24734899 [email protected]
3 TGTWREIS 9849064454 [email protected]
4 MJPTBCWREIS 040–23328266 [email protected]

NOTE:
1. The Chief Convener has the power to cancel / make necessary changes in
the admission process.
2. A candidate allotted to a particular centre cannot be allowed to write the test
in any other centre.
3. After downloading the hall tickets, students/ Parents must personally verify
the examination centre to make travelling arrangements.
4. No candidate will be allowed into the examination hall after 10 minutes of the
commencement of the test.
5. Candidates should bring their examination pad and a blue/black ball pen
with them.
6. As per sanctioned strength students are admitted in Class V in each
Residential school through a Selection Test subject to availability of suitable
candidates. The concerned Society reserves the right to reduce the seats or
to withhold result and/or withhold admission and/or conduct of Society in case
adequate accommodation is not available.
7. All the efforts are to be made to provide correct information in the portal which
may be substantiated at the time of admission after selection with supporting
documents. Candidates are advised to apply for the specific District only for
which he/she is eligible, submission of false information in respect of income,

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caste, special category and study details will lead to cancellation of
candidature. it is requested to fill the data in online application form with due
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