NRA CET to be Held from Next Year; Check Details Here

NRA CET exam to be held from next year

National Recruitment Agency (NRA) will conduct NRA CET exam from next year. NRA CET exam will start in May-June 2024. NRA CET 2024 exam will be conducted in more than 1000 exam centres in 117 districts spread throughout the country. NRA CET score will be valid for three years and it will be conducted every year. Besides, Central and State Government departments, public and private sectors enterprises will accept the score of CET. According to the media reports, NRA is in the final stages of designing the conduct of computer-based Common Eligibility Test (CET). The notification for NRA CET 2024 exam will be released soon.

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What is NRA CET?

The National Recruitment Agency (NRA) will conduct Common Eligibility Test (CET) for various non-gazetted posts in Central Government departments. The setting up of NRA was announced in the 2020-21 budget. Through NRA CET candidates are screened/shortlisted for certain categories of posts in Central Government for which the recruitment is carried out through Staff Selection Commission (SSC), Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) and Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS). On the basis of CET scores, candidates are considered for the further rounds of selection. The final selection is done through separate exams, to be conducted by the respective recruitment agencies.

Important Points Related to NRA CET 2024 Exam

Candidates can check below the salient features of NRA CET exam:

• NRA CET will be conducted to screen candidates at the first level only for SSC, IBPS, and RRB recruitment
• Based on NRA CET score, final selection will be made through separate specialised tier-II/tier-III exams to be conducted by the respective recruitment agency (SSC/IBPS/RRB)
• NRA CET will be conducted online twice a year
• There will be separate online NRA CETs for graduates, Class 12 and Class 10 candidates
• NRA CET score of a candidate will be valid for three years
• Best available NRA CET score of three years to be considered for selection/recruitment
• Through NRA CET, candidates will get the opportunity to compete for many posts by appearing for just one exam