KEA Karnataka Principal Recruitment 2026 – Apply Online for 247 Government PU College Posts

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Karnataka Examinations Authority, Bengaluru, has opened a Group-A Principal channel that only serving Government Pre-University Lecturers can use. The School Education Department (Pre-University Education), Government of Karnataka, will fill 247 Principal posts in Government PU Colleges through a competitive examination, not through an open-market drive.

Applications open on 07 September 2026 and close on 04 October 2026 on cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/kea. Fee payment remains open till 05 October 2026. Pay starts at ₹90,200 on the 2024 revised Karnataka State scale.

This is a closed cadre exam. Private-college teachers, aided-college staff and degree-college lecturers outside the Government PU Lecturer cadre cannot apply. If you have already completed 10 years as a Government PU Lecturer and have finished probation, this is the notification that converts classroom seniority into college headship.

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