After paper leak, RRB moves to computer-based job exams

NEW DELHI: The railway ministry on Wednesday roped within the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) to conduct all departmental promotion examinations by way of a centralised computer-based take a look at. This comes a day after CBI arrested 26 officers of the East Central Railway for allegedly leaking papers of a departmental examination and seized Rs 1.2 crore money throughout raids.
“All zonal railways will make a calendar for the examination. All the examinations will be conducted on the basis of a calendar only,” the ministry mentioned. It added RRB has been given the accountability after contemplating its expertise of clear, honest and extremely appreciated examinations carried out lately.
As per the railways, since 2015, greater than 7.7 crore candidates have appeared in exams by way of computer-based checks with none paper leakage, impersonation, distant log-in and use of spy gadgets. It mentioned the honest examination has been made attainable due to choice of exam-conducting businesses by way of open tender with the standards of ‘high quality and price based mostly choice, amongst numerous different circumstances.