SCRA exam eligibility

Can you please give me idea about the eligibility criteria of Special Class Railway Apprentices (SCRA) Examination???

[Pathak]

Union Public Service Commission conducts the Special Class Railway Apprentices (SCRA) Examination to select candidates for Mechanical Department of Indian Railways.

Eligibility Criteria:

- Candidate must be a citizen of India.
- Candidate must have attained the age of 17 years and must not have attained the age of 21 years.
-Age Relaxations:
Age relaxable for 3 years in case of defence services personnel disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or disturbed area.
Age relaxable for SC/ST candidates 5 years
Age relaxable for OBC candidates 3 years
5 years Age relaxable for Ex-service men
5 years age relaxable in the case of ECOs /SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of 5 years of military service
5 years age relaxable if a candidate had ordinaly been domiciled in the state of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from the 01-01-1980 to 31-12-1989.
10 years Age relaxation for blind, deaf, deaf, mute and orthopaedically handicapped candidates.

-Candidate must have passed in the first or second division in the intermediate with Mathematics and at least one of the subjects Physics and Chemistry as subjects of the examination. -Graduates with Mathematics and at least one of the subjects
- Candidates must be physically fit and medically according to physical standards for admission to SCRA Examination

Exam is generally conducted in the month of May/June. Whenever exam notification is issued we will let you know.