aspirational districts would go a long way in affording access to candidates at a place nearer to where they reside. The benefits in terms of cost, effort, safety and much more would be immense. The proposal will not only ease access to rural candidates, it will also motivate the rural candidates residing in the far-flung areas to take the examination and thereby, enhance their representation in Central Government jobs," said a government statement tweeted by PM Modi.
It also brings a myriad benefits along with it like relief to poor candidates who will save from incurring additional expenses for travel, boarding, lodging or CET score to be made valid for three years along with no bar on attempts.
So, how does it work? The govt statement elaborates, "NRA shall conduct a separate CET each for the three levels of graduate, higher secondary (12th pass) and the matriculate (10th pass) candidates for those non-technical posts to which recruitment is presently carried out by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC), the Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) and by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS). Based on the screening done at the CET score level, final selection for recruitment shall be made through separate specialised Tiers (II, III etc) of examination which shall be conducted by the respective recruitment agencies."
Moreover, the CET would be available in a number of languages. The whole new concept will also shorten the recruitment cycle. The Government has sanctioned a sum of Rs 1517.57 crore for the National Recruitment Agency (NRA).
( With inputs from IANS )
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