RRB exam 2020: Ministerial and isolated categories exam begins today | All you need to know about mandatory Covid-19 guidelines

RRB exam 2020: Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has begun its exams for various posts from today i.e. December 15.  The ministerial and isolated categories exam will continue till December 18. It will be a computer-based examination and will be conducted in two shifts. Shift 1 will start at 10:30 am, while shift 2 will commence at 3 pm. For morning shift, the candidates will have to report at 9 am and for the afternoon shift, they need to report at 1:30 pm. However, 30 minutes extra time will be given to PwBD candidates with a scribe.    

Candidates who are registered for the exam can download their admit card from the official website of their regional RRB by logging in using their registration number and date of birth.  

As many as 1.03 lakh candidates have applied for ministerial and isolated categories exam and the recruitment drive is being held to fill up a total of 1663 vacancies.  

Only last week, the RRB had also declared that the RRB NTPC recruitment exam will be held from December 28 to March end, 2021, while RRB Level-1 exam (for track maintainers, points man and various Level-1 posts) will be conducted between April first week and June next year.  

A whopping 2.44 crore candidates have applied for the vacant posts, including 1.03 lakh candidates for isolated and ministerial categories exam, and around 1.26 crore candidates for non-technical popular category (NTPC) recruitment exam.  

Earlier on December 11, Ministry of Railways in a statement had informed about the three-phase examinations.  

“First phase of Computer Based Test (CBT) for Isolated and Ministerial categories (CEN 03/2019) to be held from 15th Dec, 2020 till 18th Dec.2020. Second phase of CBT for Non Technical Popular Categories (NTPC - CEN 01/2019) to be held from 28th Dec, 2020 till March, 2021. Third phase of CBT for Level-1 Posts (CEN RRC 01/2019) will be held from tentatively April 2020 onwards till June end, 2021,” it had said.

It further advised candidates to follow the instructions as provided to them by RRBs, especially regarding COVID protocol

Here are highlights of points made by the Ministry of Railways for smooth conduct of RRB Exams 2020

*RRBs have made extensive preparations for conducting examinations of this large scale in COVID-19 pandemic times following SOPs as laid down by Government ensuring social distancing,  

*it has made it compulsory use of masks, sanitizers, curtailing shifts for conducting Exams to only two shifts per day.  

*Efforts are being made by RRBs to ensure that as far as possible the candidates are accommodated in their own State so that they can reach their Exam centres by undertaking overnight journey.

*Female and PWD candidates are accommodated within their home states. However, considering skewed distribution of candidates area wise, there will be unavoidable inter state movements.  

*Railways will be running special exam trains to cater to travel requirements of the candidates, wherever required and feasible. Chief Secretaries of concerned State Governments have also been requested to extend support of local administration to RRBs for conducting CBTs in secure and safe manner ensuring social distancing.

*Candidates will be checked for temperature at entry using thermo guns. Candidates having temperature more than prescribed limits will not be allowed inside the exam venue.  

*Intimation in this regard will also be sent to their registered email and mobile number regarding rescheduling of such candidates. Exact date of re-scheduled exam of such candidates will be intimated subsequently.  

*Candidate have to produce COVID-19 self-declaration in prescribed format at the entry and in absence of the same he/she will not be allowed into the exam venue.  

*Proper arrangement of crowd management will be made as per COVID-19 protocol from the Main Gate to the Exam Labs.  

*After each shift the exam centre will be sanitized before starting another shift.  

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*In order to safeguard the health of the candidates and other Personnel involved in the conduct of CBT during Covid 19 scenario, all relevant protocols / guidelines will be strictly complied and followed. The latest instructions, guidelines and orders issued by the Central and respective State governments concerning COVID 19 will be followed and ensured.