The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is likely to issue regional rural bank (RRB) VI examination notification in July 2017. According to media reports, the exams will be held to shortlist about 1000 candidates. The candidates are likely to be offered various group A officers and group B office assistants posts in about 56 RRBs offer, the number may vary with time. The final selection of the candidates would be on the basis of the rules laid down by the IBPS.
Viral notification
News went viral recently on social media that IBPS issued an official notification for the recruitment of office assistant and officers in RRBs with official exam dates etc. But there has been no mention about the upcoming examination on the official website. The notification is fake and according to several reports, IBPS is in the process to release the official notification.
Schedule of events
According to a notification posted in January on the official website, the entative schedule of events is as follows:
Activity
Tentative date
Online registration including edit/modification of application by candidates
July 12, 2017 to August 1, 2017
Payment of application fees or intimation charges (online)
July 12, 2017 to August 1, 2017
Download of call letter for pre-exam training for officer scale- I
After August 21, 2017
Conduct of pre-exam training for officer scale-I
August 28, 2017 to September 3, 2017
Download of call letters for pre-exam training for office assistant
After August 28, 2017
Conduct of pre-exam training for office assistant
September 4, 2017 to September 9, 2017
Download of call letters for online examination – Preliminary
Officer Scale-I- August 2017
Office Assistant – September 2017
Online examination – preliminary
Officer Scale-I – September 9, 2017, September 10, 2017 and September 16, 2017 (if required)?
Office assistant - September 17, 2017, September 23, 2017 and September 24, 2017 (if required)
Result of online exam – preliminary
Officer Scale-I – October 2017
Office Assistant- October 2017
Download of call letter for online exam – main / single
Officer Scale- I, II & III – October 2017
Office Assistant- November 2017
Online examination – main / single
Officers (I, II & III) – November 5, 2017
Office Assistant - September 12, 2017
Declaration of result – main (for officers scale I, II and III)
November 2017
Download of call letters for interview (for officers scale I, II and III)
December 2017
Conduct of interview (for officers scale I, II and III)
December 2017
Provisional Allotment (for officers scale I, II and III and office assistant (multipurpose))
January 2018
The interviews for recruitment of Group A – Officers (Scale-I, II & III) is handled by the Nodal Regional Rural Banks with the help of NABARD and IBPS.
About IBPS
IBPS conducts recruitment exams of various PSU Banks, RBI, NABARD, SBI, Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) & General Insurance Companies (GICs). The interviews for recruitment of group A – officers (scale-I, II & III) is handled by the nodal RRBs with the help of NABARD and IBPS.