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SCRA 2013 Exam Notification Eligibility Form

UPSC SCRA (Special Class Railway Apprentice) 2013 exam notification is likely to come out on 13th October, 2012 in major newspapers as well as in Employment news. As per this UPSC notification, SCRA Exam 2013 would be held on 20th January, 2013 (Sunday) and the last date for submission of application form for SCRA Exam 2013 is 12th November, 2012 (Monday).

This blog publishes exhaustive topics on SCRA exam - while the current article tells you what is SCRA exam and how to apply for it by quoting the important information like SCRA eligibility & form, another blog article titled: SCRA Exam Pattern, Papers, Books & Coaching institutes tells you how to prepare for it.

To begin that, at first a small synopsis to know about SCRA exam.

SCRA Exam – what is it?

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!

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-2013:

Date of Notification for SCRA-2013: 13.10.2012 (Saturday).

Last date for submission of SCRA-2013 application form: 12.11.2012 (Monday).

Date of SCRA 2013 Exam : 20.01.2013 (Sunday).

SCRA Exam Eligibility:

What are the eligibility for appearing in the SCRA exam? Following tells you about it:

Age Eligibility:

You need to be Min. 17 years and Max. 21 years.

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.
Candidates appearing at the 12th Class final or equivalent examination are also eligible to compete subject to certain conditions.

SCRA 2013 Online Application Form:

You can apply for SCRA exam only Online forms. SCRA exam From last year onwards (i.e. SCRA 2012), there is no offline application form for SCRA.

Click here to find the SCRA 2013 Online Form to be available from 13th October to 12th November, 2012.

SCRA 2013 Admit Card:

You should receive your Online Admit Card in your mail-id for SCRA 2013 exam within 3 weeks before the exam. If you do not receive the same, please contact UPSC in person or over phone in 011-23381125/011-23385271/011-23098543.

Date forecast for SCRA-2014 exam:

Some of you may be appearing in SCRA-2014 exam and might be going through this blog post to prepare for the same. You may be wanting to know when SCRA 2014 exam would be held. Based on last two SCRA exam dates, SCRA-2014 should be held 19th or 26th January, 2014, notification for which should come out in the end/3rd week of October, 2013. 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.