RRB exams 2020 to be held from Dec 15, body temperatures to be checked

New Delhi: All candidates appearing in the Indian Railways' RRB exam 2020 scheduled from December 15 onwards to fill 1.4 lakh vacancies would have to undergo body temperature checks before going to the examination centres, an official of the railway said on Friday.

Addressing a virtual press conference, Anand S Khati, Railway Board Director General (HR) said, "Candidates with high temperature will not be allowed inside."

The official said that intimation regarding this would be sent to candidates and that exam shall be rescheduled for such candidates.

The Railways' mega recruitment drive in three phases would start from December 15, in which more than 2.44 crore candidates will appear across the country.

Khati said that the first phase of exams would commence from December 15 to 18 for isolated and ministerial categories, followed by NTPC categories from December 28 till March 2021, and lastly for Level-1 tentatively from April 2020 till June 2021.

He said that candidates in the first phase will be informed individually through email and message about their city of exam, date and shift through a link provided on RRB official website. He also added that links for downloading of the e-call letter would be made live four days prior to the exam date on these websites.

The RRBs have made extensive preparations for conducting these exams on a large scale during COVID-19 pandemic times following SOPs laid down by the government to ensure social distancing, compulsory use of masks, sanitisers and exams in only two shifts per day.

The official further added that efforts were afoot to ensure that the candidates were accommodated in their own states as far as possible so that they can reach their exam centres by undertaking an overnight journey, if necessary.

"Female and PWD candidates are accommodated within their home states. However, considering the skewed distribution of candidates area-wise, there will be unavoidable interstate movements," Khati said.

The Railways will run special trains to enable candidates to reach their exam centres, wherever required and feasible.

Khati added, "Chief Secretaries concerned have also been requested to extend the support of area administration to RRBs for conducting CBTs in a secure and safe manner".

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