APPSC · Notification No. 25/2026

APPSC Hostel Welfare Officer Grade II 2026

97 district posts, GS and Education CBT

  • 97 posts
  • Apply by 29 Oct 2026
  • 2 papers · 300 marks
  • 150 min per paper
  • Paper I and Paper II ready
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Official notification 25/2026 (PDF)

At a glance

Important dates

Notification
9 October 2026
Apply from
9 October 2026
Last date
29 October 2026, 11:59 PM
Exam date
Not announced yet

Vacancies

97 (41 + 23 + 33) posts · provisional

Hostel Welfare Officer Grade II exam pattern

PaperQsMinMarks
Paper I: General Studies & Mental Ability 150 150 150
Paper II: Education 150 150 150
Total300

Paper I + Paper II: Education

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What Hostel Welfare Officer Grade II really tests

Biggest block: Philosophy and thinkers (Indian and Western) (11%). How questions are asked.

Notification 25/2026 fills 97 district posts (Social Welfare 41, Tribal Welfare 23, BC Welfare 33) for graduates with B.Ed. Selection is on merit in one CBT of two 150-mark papers, GS & Mental Ability and Education, with no interview.

Based on Paper II: the 2022 and 2025 HWO Education papers with final keys (300 questions, 2025 weighted 60%). Paper I: the 2022 and 2025 common GS & MA papers.

  1. Philosophy and thinkers (Indian and Western)11%
  2. Learning theories and motivation11%
  3. Population, moral, integration and peace education11%
  4. Sociology of education9%
  5. Universal education, RTE, wastage and stagnation8%
  6. Adult, non-formal and lifelong education8%
  7. Psychology: nature, schools and methods7%
  8. Growth and development7%
  9. Other topics28%
Share of questions by topic in the real papers.

Difficulty in the real papers

  • Easy 61%
  • Medium 31%
  • Hard 8%
  • Educational psychology gave exactly 54 questions in both 2022 and 2025; learning theories are its biggest block (14 and 19).
  • Part A grew from 11 to 42 questions in 2025: 21 on sociology of education and 18 on philosophies and thinkers.
  • About 9 facts asked in 2025 had already been asked in 2022, so previous papers are high-value practice.
  • 14 of the 300 official keys look doubtful against standard B.Ed. texts. Learn the standard answer, not a disputed key.

How questions are asked

  • Direct one-line questions: 98% in 2022 and 91% in 2025
  • 'Who said / who wrote / who founded' items: 12 in 2022, 24 in 2025
  • Statement-type items (match, multi-statement): none in 2022, 12 in 2025
  • Calculations: one per paper (a median, a combined mean)

The job and who can apply

Qualification, age limit and selection

A district post in the Social Welfare, Tribal Welfare and BC Welfare Subordinate Services; some Tribal Welfare posts are in Scheduled Area girls' hostels and Ashram schools.

Qualification
Social Welfare and BC Welfare: a degree with B.Ed. (or B.T./equivalent). Tribal Welfare: a degree with B.Ed. or a Diploma in Education. Hold it on 09.10.2026.
Age
18 to 44 years as on 01.07.2026; 5 more years for SC, ST, BC and EWS (10 for SC/ST carried-forward vacancies); 10 for PBD.
Also
District cadre: 95% of each district's posts go to its local candidates. You write the exam in the district you apply for.
Also
Tribal Welfare in Scheduled Areas: 90% of girls' hostel and Ashram school posts go to local ST candidates; 17 of 23 are in Alluri Sitharama Raju district.
Also
Fee: Rs. 250 processing plus Rs. 80 exam fee; the Rs. 80 is waived for SC, ST, BC, PBD, ex-servicemen, white-card families and unemployed youth.
  1. Written exam (objective, computer-based, CBRT)Paper I and Paper II, 150 marks each, 300 in all. Minimum aggregate: OC 40%, BC 35%, SC/ST/PBD 30%.
  2. Certificate verificationThe District Collector shortlists from the merit list and checks qualification, local status and community certificates. No interview.
  3. Computer Proficiency Test (qualifying) and medical fitness60 minutes, 100 marks, office automation; pass marks OC 40, BC 35, SC/ST/PBD 30. Not added to merit.

Hostel Welfare Officer Grade II syllabus

2 papers, 38 topics

Paper I and Paper II ready in Medha AI. Paper I: APPSC Paper I: General Studies & Mental Ability · Paper II: Education: practise it

Full numbered syllabus: every topic, chapter and micro-topic (printable)

Paper I: General Studies & Mental Ability

150 questions · 150 min · 150 marks

The common 10-item GS & MA paper used for 25 APPSC 2026 posts. Mostly recall of history, geography and current events with an AP focus, plus 25-30 reasoning and data questions.

1. Current events
  • Major current events and issues: international, national and Andhra Pradesh
2. General science
  • Science in day-to-day life
  • Contemporary developments in science & technology and IT
3. History of India
  • Social, economic, cultural and political aspects
  • Focus on Andhra Pradesh and the Indian National Movement
4. Geography
  • Geography of India with focus on Andhra Pradesh
5. Polity and governance
  • Constitutional issues
  • Public policy and reforms
  • e-Governance initiatives
6. Economy
  • Indian economy and planning
7. Environment
  • Sustainable development and environmental protection
8. Disaster management
  • Vulnerability profile
  • Prevention and mitigation strategies
  • Remote sensing and GIS in disaster assessment
9. Reasoning
  • Logical reasoning, analytical ability and logical interpretation
10. Data analysis
  • Tabulation and visual representation of data
  • Mean, median, mode and variance
  • Interpretation

Paper II: Education

150 questions · 150 min · 150 marks

B.Ed. theory asked as one-line recall: who said it, which theory, which commission, which year. Educational psychology is the steady core (36% in both previous papers).

A. Foundations of Education
  • Nature and scope of the philosophical and sociological foundations of education
  • Idealism, naturalism, pragmatism, realism, existentialism
  • Gandhi, Tagore, Aurobindo, Vivekananda, Jiddu Krishnamurti
  • Socialisation, social change, culture and modernisation in relation to education; equality of educational opportunity; education of weaker sections
B. Educational Psychology
  • Nature, scope and methods of educational psychology
  • Growth and development: principles; infancy, childhood and adolescence; physical, mental, social and emotional aspects and classroom implications
  • Learning: behavioural, cognitive and social theories; intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in the classroom
  • Individual differences (inter and intra) and their assessment; personality and its assessment (projective and non-projective); poor achievers, under-achievers, low intellectual functioning, giftedness and creativity; guidance and counselling in schools
  • Statistics: measures of central tendency, measures of variability, correlation and its computation
C. Trends in Education
  • Universalisation of education: constitutional guarantee, problems; Minimum Levels of Learning
  • Wastage and stagnation
  • Adult education and functional literacy; non-formal education; lifelong education
  • School and community relationship
  • Medium of instruction and the three-language formula
  • Family life and population education; moral education
  • National and emotional integration; international understanding and education for peace
  • Education of the socially and culturally disadvantaged
  • Teacher education (pre-service, in-service, professional organisations); vocational education and vocationalisation
  • Common entrance examinations and centralised admissions in Andhra Pradesh
  • Recommendations of education commissions and committees

Each wrong answer costs 1/3 mark (0.33), as every question carries 1 mark. The paper is in English and Telugu; English is final.

Each wrong answer costs 1/3 of the marks for that question.

APPSC Paper I syllabus · APPSC Paper I study notes

A 12-week plan for Hostel Welfare Officer Grade II

5 phases, week by week

Assumes a B.Ed. or D.Ed. graduate with about 4 hours a day: 2.5 on Paper II, 1.5 on Paper I. Exam date not announced.

  1. Week 1

    Apply and find your gap

    • Submit by 29 Oct 2026; check district, local status and community in OTPR first.
    • Take the 2025 HWO Paper II in 150 minutes, scoring -0.33 per wrong answer.
    • Take one common Paper I under time; count the reasoning questions you finish.

  2. Weeks 2-4

    Paper II Part B: Educational psychology (about 54 questions)

    • Development: Piaget's stages with ages, Erikson's eight stages, Freud, Vygotsky's ZPD, Kohlberg.
    • Learning: one table per theorist (Pavlov, Thorndike, Skinner, Hull, Kohler, Tolman, Gagne, Bandura).
    • Individual differences, projective vs non-projective tests, and statistics (mean, median, SD, correlation).

  3. Weeks 5-6

    Paper II Part A: Philosophy, thinkers and sociology (about 30 questions)

    • Five schools in one grid: aims, curriculum, method, teacher's role and key name.
    • Indian thinkers (Gandhi, Tagore, Vivekananda, Aurobindo, Krishnamurti): quotations and books by heart.
    • Sociology: agencies of socialisation, Ogburn's cultural lag, Cooley's looking-glass self, social mobility.

  4. Weeks 7-9

    Paper II Part C: Trends in education (about 60 questions)

    • Universal elementary education: Articles 21A, 45 and 46, RTE Act 2009, SSA, Samagra Shiksha.
    • Commissions and policies with years and chairmen, Wood 1854 to NEP 2020.
    • Adult and lifelong education, teacher education (NCTE, SCERT, DIET) and value topics.

  5. Weeks 10-12

    Paper I, current affairs and full tests

    • Current events of the last 12 months, AP first, plus education news.
    • Solve the 2022 HWO Paper II; revise every fact it shares with 2025.
    • Full mocks of both papers in 150 minutes each; practise the APPSC CBT mock.

Mistakes that cost marks

5 traps seen in the real papers
  • Mixing up look-alike options: thinkers for one quotation, Piaget's stage names, Erikson's stage numbers.
  • Learning the theory but not the person: 'who said / wrote / founded' items doubled to 24 in 2025.
  • Memorising a doubtful key: some APPSC keys differ from standard texts (Article 45 vs 21A). Learn the textbook answer.
  • Skipping Part A because it was small in 2022. It jumped from 11 to 42 questions in 2025.
  • Ignoring Paper I. It carries the same 150 marks and has 25-30 reasoning and data questions that need practice.

తెలుగులో సంక్షిప్తంగా

In brief, in Telugu

నోటిఫికేషన్ 25/2026 ద్వారా బీఈడీ ఉన్న డిగ్రీ అభ్యర్థులకు 97 జిల్లా పోస్టులు (సాంఘిక సంక్షేమం 41, గిరిజన సంక్షేమం 23, బీసీ సంక్షేమం 33) భర్తీ చేస్తారు. ఎంపిక 150 మార్కుల చొప్పున రెండు పేపర్లు (జనరల్ స్టడీస్ & మెంటల్ ఎబిలిటీ, విద్య) ఉన్న ఒకే కంప్యూటర్ ఆధారిత పరీక్షలోని మెరిట్ ఆధారంగా జరుగుతుంది; ఇంటర్వ్యూ లేదు.

How to apply

Online at psc.ap.gov.in, by 29 Oct 2026
  1. Read notification 25/2026 on the official APPSC website.
  2. Go to psc.ap.gov.in. If you are new, register with One Time Profile Registration (OTPR).
  3. Apply online between 9 October 2026 and 29 October 2026, up to 11:59 PM.

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Dates are from the official notification, checked on 20 October 2026. We list an exam date only after the commission announces it. Recheck psc.ap.gov.in for changes. Vacancies in a notification are provisional and can change. Numbers in brackets are the break-up given in the notification.

Sources: APPSC notification 25/2026 (detailed, 09.10.2026): p. 1 (vacancies, pay, age, CBRT), p. 2 (eligibility, qualifications), pp. 2-4 (reservations, Scheduled Area rule for Tribal Welfare), p. 5 (age relaxation), pp. 5-7 (local candidates, districts), pp. 7-8 (how to apply, corrections), p. 9 (fee, scheme, negative marking, normalisation), p. 10 (exam district, answer keys, Telugu version), p. 11 (special rules, open-university degrees), pp. 12-13 (selection, CPT, minimum marks), pp. 15-19 (Annexure I, vacancy break-up), pp. 20-22 (Annexure II, scheme and syllabus), pp. 23-25 (Computer Proficiency Test); APPSC brief notification 25/2026 (15.09.2026), p. 2: single-level exam, no screening test; Medha AI level analysis: HWO Grade II Paper II, from the 2022 (notification 20/2021) and 2025 (notification 15/2025) papers, final keys (docs/exams/HWO-level.md); Medha AI level analysis: common Paper I, from the 2022 and 2025 APPSC Assistant Statistical Officer papers, final keys (docs/exams/APPSC-P1-level.md).

APPSC Hostel Welfare Officer Grade II questions

14 common questions, answered
I have a degree but no B.Ed. Can I apply?

Not for Social Welfare or BC Welfare posts, which need a degree with B.Ed. For Tribal Welfare posts a degree with a Diploma in Education is enough. You must hold the qualification on 09.10.2026.

What is the last date to apply?

29 October 2026, 11:59 PM, online at psc.ap.gov.in through your OTPR login. Corrections are allowed for 7 days after the last date at Rs. 100 per correction, except name, fee, age relaxation and community.

What is the age limit?

18 to 44 years as on 01.07.2026. SC, ST, BC and EWS get 5 more years (10 for SC/ST carried-forward vacancies), Persons with Benchmark Disabilities 10 more years.

Which district should I choose, and where do I write the exam?

It is a district post, and you write the exam in the district you apply for. 95% of each district's posts are for its local candidates, so check Annexure I for your district's posts.

Is there an interview or a Mains exam?

No. The exam is single-level with no screening test, and selection is on merit in the written exam (300 marks). Shortlisted candidates must then pass the qualifying Computer Proficiency Test, which does not add to merit.

Which books cover Paper II?

APPSC names no books. The 2022 and 2025 questions were at the depth of the Telugu Akademi B.Ed. and D.Ed. textbooks on perspectives in education, psychology of learning and contemporary issues, and asked mostly definitions, names and years.

What is the minimum mark to be considered?

An aggregate of 40% for OC, sportspersons, ex-servicemen and EWS, 35% for BC and 30% for SC, ST and PBD. Reaching it does not by itself mean selection.

The brief notification said 73 posts. Why does the guide say 97?

The brief notification of 15.09.2026 listed 73 provisional vacancies. The detailed notification of 09.10.2026 lists 97, and that is the one that counts.

When is the APPSC Hostel Welfare Officer Grade II exam 2026?

Not announced yet. Notification 25/2026 says the date will be announced later. Check the official APPSC website, psc.ap.gov.in.

What is the last date to apply for APPSC Hostel Welfare Officer Grade II?

Online applications are open from 9 October 2026 to 29 October 2026, up to 11:59 PM, on psc.ap.gov.in.

How many posts are there in APPSC Hostel Welfare Officer Grade II 2026?

97 (41 + 23 + 33) posts as notified in 25/2026. The number is provisional and can change.

What is the APPSC Hostel Welfare Officer Grade II exam pattern?

Paper I: General Studies & Mental Ability (150 questions, 150 minutes, 150 marks). Paper II: Education (150 questions, 150 minutes, 150 marks). Total 300 marks. Each wrong answer costs 1/3 of the marks for that question.

Is there a syllabus for APPSC Hostel Welfare Officer Grade II?

Yes. The scheme and syllabus are in an annexure of notification 25/2026. Paper I is General Studies & Mental Ability. You can practise it in Medha AI now with APPSC Paper I.

Where do I apply for APPSC Hostel Welfare Officer Grade II?

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