You know about Special Class Railway Apprentice (SCRA) 2015 exam and would like to apply for it, No? Than please visit this article which not only helps you download the Notification but also tells you where to find the Online Form and what are the Eligibility required.
UPSC has just today issued Notification for Special Class Railway Apprentice (SCRA) 2015 Exam. This has come out as advertisement no.: "01/2015-SCRA" in major newspapers as well as in Employment news dtd. 11-17 October, 2014. As per this this notification, SCRA Exam 2015 would be held on 18th January, 2015 (Sunday). Submission of online form has started from today and the last date for submission of application form for SCRA Exam 2015 is 7th November, 2014 (Friday).
You can click here to download the SCRA 2015 Exam Notification.
SCRA is a must coveted exam for Class-XII pass students and therefore this article is being posted to introduce you to SCRA exam and help you apply for it by quoting the important information like eligibility required to appear in SCRA & where to find the application form.
This article is followed by another blog post titled: SCRA 2015 Exam Pattern, Papers, Books & Coaching institutes, which provides you the prep materials for SCRA 2015 exam.
To begin that, at first a small synopsis to know about SCRA exam.
What is SCRA Exam?
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 the Chairman 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! Number of vacancy through SCRA 2014 is 42 only.
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.
Important dates for SCRA-2015:
Date of Notification for SCRA-2015: 11.10.2014 (Saturday).
Last date for submission of SCRA-2015 application form: 07.11.2014 (Friday).
Date of SCRA 2015 Exam : 18.01.2015 (Sunday).
City/Towns where SCRA-2015 would be held:
It would be held in following 41 city/town all over India:
Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Allahabad, Bangalore, Bareily, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi, Dharwar, Dispur, Gangtok, Hyderabad, Imphal, Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Jorhat, Kochi, Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, Madurai, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji (Goa), Patna, Port Blair, Raipur, Ranchi, Sambalpur, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Tirupati, Udaipur, Vishakhapatnam.
SCRA Exam Eligibility:
What are the eligibility for appearing in the SCRA exam? Following tells you about it:
You need to be Min. 17 years and Max. 21 years as on 1st January, 2015.
DOB not earlier than 2nd January, 1994 and not later than 1st January, 1998.
DOB not earlier than 2nd January, 1994 and not later than 1st January, 1998.
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. Graduates with Maths and at least one of the subjects Physics and Chemistry as degree subject can also apply.
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 2015 Online Application Form:
You can apply for SCRA exam only through Online Application form. Offline Application Form for SCRA exam has been discontinued from SCRA 2012 onward.
Click here to find the SCRA 2015 Online Form.
This Application form would be available only till 7th November, 2014 (11:59 PM).
How to fill the online form and apply for SCRA 2015 exam is given exclusively in this webpage.
SCRA 2015 Admit Card:
Click here to find the SCRA 2015 Online Form.
This Application form would be available only till 7th November, 2014 (11:59 PM).
How to fill the online form and apply for SCRA 2015 exam is given exclusively in this webpage.
You have to download the Admit Card for SCRA 2015 (also called as Admission Certificates) from UPSC website which would be available from 3 weeks before the exam date. No physical copy of the Admit card would be sent.
Hence download the e-Admit Card for SCRA 2015 from this UPSC webpage.
Hence download the e-Admit Card for SCRA 2015 from this UPSC webpage.
Date forecast for SCRA-2016 exam:
Some of you may be appearing in SCRA-2016 exam and might be going through this blog post to prepare for the same. You may be wanting to know when SCRA 2016 exam would be held. Based on last three SCRA exam dates, SCRA-2016 should be held either on 10th or17th January, 2016, notification for which should come out in the end/3rd week of October, 2015. Nearer this date, check this UPSC exam date notification webpage.
Now since you have come to know how to apply for SCRA exam, you may be interested to know how to prepare for the same. Please visit my blog post: titled: SCRA Exam Pattern, Papers, Books & Coaching institutes for that.
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