SCRA Special Class Railway Apprentice Examination

SCRA Educational Qualification

For admission to the SCRA examination a candidate :

  1. Must have passed in the first or second division, the intermediate or an equivalent examination of a University or Board approved by the Government of India with Mathematics and at least one of the subjects Physics and Chemistry as subjects of the Special Class Railway Apprentices SCRA examination. Graduates with Mathematics and at least one of the subjects Physics and Chemistry as their degree subjects may also apply, or

  2. Must have passed in the first or second division, the Higher Secondary ( 12 years ) Examination under 10 plus 2 pattern of School Education with Mathematics and at least one of the subjects Physics and Chemistry as subjects of the SCRA examination, or

  3. Must have passed the first year Examination under the three year degree course of a university or the first examination of the three year diploma course in Rural Service of the National Council for Rural Higher Education or the third year Examination for promotion to the 4th year of the four year B.A. / B.Sc. ( Evening College ) Course of the Madras University with Mathematics and at least one of the subjects Physics and Chemistry as subjects of the Special Class Railway Apprentices examination provided that before joining the degree / diploma course he / she passed the Higher Secondary examination or the Pre-University or equivalent examination in the first or second division.

    4. Candidates who have passed the first / second year examination under the three-years degree course in the first or second division with Mathematics and either Physics or Chemistry as subjects of the Examination may also apply; provided the first / second year examination is conducted by a University; or
  4. Must have passed in the first or second division the Pre-Engineering Examination of a University, approved by the Government of India; or

  5. Must have passed in the first or second division the Pre-Professional / Pre-Technological Examination of any Indian University or a recognised Board, with Mathematics and at least, one of the subjects Physics and Chemistry as subjects of the SCRA examination conducted one year after the Higher Secondary or Pre-University stage; or

  6. Must have passed the first year examination under the five year Engineering Degree Course of a University; Provided that before joining the Degree Course, he / she passed the Higher Secondary Examination or pre-University or equivalent Examination in the first or second division. Candidates who have passed the first year Examination of the five-year Engineering Degree Course in the first or second division may also apply provided the first year Examination is conducted by a University; or

  7. Must have passed in the first or second division the Pre-Degree Examination of the University of Kerala and Calicut with Mathematics and at least one of the subjects Physics and Chemistry as subjects of the Examination.

Note I :

Candidates who are not awarded any specific division by the University / Board either in the intermediate or any other examination mentioned above will be considered educationally eligible provided their aggregate of marks falls within the range of marks for first or second division as prescribed by the University / Board concerned.

Note II :

Candidates who have appeared at an examination for Special Class Railway Apprentice, the passing of which would render them eligible to appear at the SCRA examination 2015 but have not been informed of the results, may apply for admission to the SCRA 2015 examination. Candidates who intend to appear at such a qualifying examination may also apply.

Such candidates will be admitted to the SCRA examination 2015, if otherwise eligible but their SCRA admission would be deemed to be provisional and subject to cancellation, if they do not produce proof of having passed the requisite qualifying examination along with the detailed Special Class Railway Apprentices application forms 2015 which will be required to be submitted by the candidates who qualify on the results of the written part of the SCRA examination 2015.

Note III :

In exceptional cases, the Union Public Service Commission may treat a candidate who has not any of the SCRA Exam 2015 qualifications prescribed in this rule as educationally qualified provided that he / she possesses SCRA qualifications the standard of which in the opinion of the Union Public Service Commission, justifies his / her admission to the SCRA 2015 examination.

Note IV :

Diplomas in Engineering awarded by the State Boards of Technical Education are not acceptable for SCRA admission to the Special Class Railway Apprentices Examination.

(IV) SCRA Exam 2015 Physical Standards :

Candidates must be physically fit according to physical standards for admission to Special Class Railway Apprentices� Examination 2015 as per Regulations given in Appendix-II of the rules for the Special Class Railway Apprentices� Examination 2015 published in Gazette of India dated 11.10.2014.