RRB examinations to be held on June 3

The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) will hold examinations on June 3 for candidates aspiring to serve the Southern Railway as section engineer, paramedical staff and extension educator.The examinations will be conducted online at three centres in the city, Board Chairman Pankaj Kumar told presspersons here on Wednesday.Selected candidates would fill vacancies in Chennai, Madurai, Tiruchi and the Southern Railway headquarters and the Integral Coach Factory.

The RRB recently conducted online examinations for 3,500 candidates, who had passed their matriculation/SSLC examinations and received training at an Industrial Training Institute.Officials said this was the largest online examination conducted by any RRB.Mr.Kumar said the online format, besides saving time, facilitated more transparency in conduct of the examinations. The software was loaded onto the servers at examination centres to make the test available on the network of computers there."We use biometric finger printing to make sure there are no impersonators. The fingerprints of candidates are compared at different stages. In case of any discrepancy, we will take action immediately," he said.The RRB proposed to conduct online examinations for about 10,000 candidates next year.The Board was also considering making the examination internet-based, he added. For details, visit:http://www.rrbchennai.net.