Committee on RRB Exam Concerns

What is the issue?

The RRB released an employment notification for the Non – Technical category in 2019. The exam got postponed because of COVID. The exam was recently held on January 14 – 15, 2022. The candidates are not satisfied with the results and are raising concerns. According to them, the results are inaccurate.

• The committee is to scrutinize the results of the Computer Based Test (CBT). Also, it will examine the results of the second stage of the test. The students having concerns over the results can file complaints to the committee by mailing to rrbcommittee@railnet.gov.in. The aspirants shall submit their complaints till February 16, 2022. And the committee will submit its recommendations by March 4, 2022.
• Also, the committee is to set up camps in the major protest areas, that is, in the North Central Railway and Allahabad.
• The regional RRBs will compile the complaints submitted by students and will send them to the committee.

What are the concerns raised by the students?

The students are now protesting on the following issues:

• The recruitment process allows candidates with high qualification to compete with candidates of average or mediocre qualification.
• Also, some students argued that while one candidate can qualify from one region the results say that the same person has been qualified from two or more regions.

What next?

The RRB has put the exams on hold. The second stage of the RRB – CBT that was to be held on February 15 to February 19, 2022 has been postponed.

RRB Exams

The RRB conducts several exams namely RRB Junior Engineer, Railway Protection Force Sub Inspector, RRB – Non Technical Popular Category (NTPC), RRB – assistance Loco Pilot, Technicians, etc. More than 21 exams are conducted by the board. The age limit to appear in the exam is between 18 years and 33 years.