UPSC SCRA (Special Class Railway Apprentice) 2012 exam notification has come come out today in major newspapers as well as in Employment news. Major change this year in SCRA exam is that you can apply only ONLINE for this exam till 21st November, 2011. Date of written exam for SCRA 2012 is 29th January, 2012.
You can click here to download the SCRA 2012 exam notification.
This blog publishes exhaustive topics on SCRA exam - while the current article tells you what is SCRA exam and how to apply for it, another blog article titled:SCRA Exam Pattern, Papers, Books & Coaching institutes tells you how to prepare for it.
To begin that, at first a small synopsis to know about SCRA exam.
SCRA Exam – what is it?
Special Class Railway Apprentice (SCRA) is a very prestigious examination, conducted by UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) on behalf of Indian Railways for a 4 year of apprenticeship. On successfully completing the same, SCRA are absorbed as a Class-1 officer in Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineering (IRSME). Many of them have gone on to become theChairman of the Railways.
It also happens to be one of the most competitive examinations in India – close to one lakh students apply for it and less than 100 are selected – ratio of selection in SCRA exam is less than 1:1000!
The 4-year training in Mechanical Engineering is conducted by IRIMEE (Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, Jamalpur) and it follows a sandwich system of education mixing practical training at workshops with theoretical training at classroom. Education is free and the students are also paid a comfortable monthly stipend - Rs. 4000/- per month during the first two years, Rs. 4200/- per month during the 3rd year and first six months of 4th year and Rs. 4400/- for last six months of 4th year.
Source: UPSC & others.
Important dates for SCRA-2012:
Date of Notification for SCRA-2012: 22.10.2012 (Saturday).
Last date for submission of SCRA-2012 application form: 21.11.2011.
Date of SCRA Exam, 2012: 29.01.2012 (Sunday).Last Date for changing SCRA exam centre: 20th December, 2011
SCRA Exam Eligibility:
What are the eligibility for appearing in the SCRA exam? Following tells you about it:
Age Eligibility:
You need to be Min. 17 years and Max. 21 years. For example, for SCRA-2012 exam, your age should be Min: 17 & Max: 21 years as on 01.01.2012. i.e. your DOB should not be earlier than 2nd January, 1991 and not later than 1st January, 1995.
Relaxations in age exists as per Govt. rule.
Academic Eligibility:
You need to have passed the Class-XII exam (Intermediate or Sr. Secondary examination under the 10+2 pattern of School Education or equivalent) in 1st or 2nd Division with Mathematics and at least one of the subjects Physics and Chemistry as subject of the examination.
Candidates appearing at the 12th Class final or equivalent examination are also eligible to compete subject to certain conditions.
Candidates appearing at the 12th Class final or equivalent examination are also eligible to compete subject to certain conditions.
SCRA 2012 Application Forms:
As said in the beginning of this article, you can apply for SCRA exam only Online.
While you need to send your completed offline form to UPSC New Delhi to be received on or before the last date of application; you do not need to send printout (i.e. the hardcopy) of your Online form anywhere.
SCRA 2012 Online Form:
Click here to find the SCRA 2012 Online Form to be available till 11.59 PM of 21th November, 2011.
How to apply online for SCRA exam is given in detail in this webpage.
SCRA 2012 Admit Card:
You should receive your Online Admit Card in your mail-id for SCRA 2012 exam within 3 weeks before the exam. If you do not receive the same, please contact UPSC in person or over phone in 011-23381125/011-23385271/011-23098543.
Date forecast for SCRA-2013 exam:
Some of you may be appearing in SCRA-2013 exam and might be going through this blog post to prepare for the same. You may be wanting to know when SCRA 2013 exam would be held.
To find the exam dates for SCRA 2013 exam go through the exam date notifications for UPSC exams (including SCRA exam), which is published in the beginning of the year, like this exam date sheet of UPSC.
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