common eligibility test

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NRA CET 2020 Common Eligibility Test by NRA
The government is going to take a common prelims
exam for the non-gazetted posts in the central
government. The government has decided to conduct
a Common Eligibility Test (CET) in place of
prelims exams for all the government departments
Narendra Modi-led Union Cabinet has given its
approval to set up the National Recruitment
Agency (NRA) for conducting the Common
Eligibility Test (CET) for Institute of Banking
Service Personnel (IBPS), Staff Selection
Commission (SSC) and Railway Recruitment Boards
(RRBs).
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The National Recruitment Agency shall conduct a
separate CET each for the three levels of
graduate, higher secondary (12th pass) and the
matriculate (10th pass) candidates for various
non-technical posts. Presently such tests are
being conducted by SSC, IBPS, Railways and
various other organizations. Union minister
Jitendra Singh earlier said states and Union
territories can avail of scores on the Common
Eligibility Test to shortlist candidates for
government jobs. "Eventually, this could prove a
win-win arrangement both for the employer as well
as employee," he said.
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NRA CET Salient Features Benefits Check out
some salient features and benefits of National
Recruitment Agency CET below ? NRA CET will be
conducted to screen candidates at the first level
only for SSC, IBPS and RRB recruitment ? Based
on NRA CET score, final selection will be made
through separate specialised tier-II/tier-III
exams to be conducted by respective recruitment
agency (SSC/IBPS/RRB) ? The score is going to
valid for 3 years. Agencies will use the score of
CET and take their second stage exam. ? There
will be no limit on number of attempts for taking
this examination, but upper age limit will be
there. However, the relaxation in the upper age
limit shall be given to candidates of SC/ST/OBC
and other categories as per the extant policy of
the Government. ? The examination will be
conducted in 12 languages that are in the Eighth
Schedule of the Constitution of India.
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The curriculum for this test would be common
as would be the standard. This would greatly ease
the burden of candidates who are at present
required to prepare for each of the examinations
separately as per different curriculum," the
central government said in a statement.
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? The official website of NRA will have mock
tests and 24X7 helpline ? Candidates will be
able to schedule their tests and choose exam
centre of their choice ? The CET curriculum such
as Exam Pattern and Syllabus will be common and
standard for all recruitment agencies. This will
do away with the burden on candidates to prepare
for each exam separately as per different
syllabus. ? For the ease of the candidates, each
district will have at least one examination
center, and in total around 1000 examination
centers will be made https//newgovjobs.in