BECOME A JUNIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICER IN THE ARMY AS RELIGIOUS TEACHER

INDIAN ARMY

BECOME A JUNIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICER IN THE ARMY AS RELIGIOUS TEACHER

Applications are invnea rrorn candidates for recruitment of Religious Teachers in the Army as Junior Commissioned Officer for RRT 70 course. Religious Teachers preach religious scriptures to troops and conduct various rituals at Regimental/Unit religious institutions. Their duties include attending funerals, ministering to the sick in hospitals, reading prayers with the convalescents, visiting soldiers undergoing sentence, giving special religious instructions to children and enlisted boys besides attending generally to the religious. nstructions and welfare of Officers, Soldiers and their families.

ELIGIBILITY.

(a) AGE :   Must not be below 27 years or over 34 years for Civilian candidates and between 25 years to 34 years for remustered candidates as on first day of Recruitment Rally. Candidates are requested to contact nearest Recruiting office/Zone given in Para 7 of this advertisement for date of Recruitment Rally. 

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(b) Educational & Language Qualifications: The Minimum educational qualifications applicable to candidates applying for post of Pandit is as under :-

(i)    Candidates with minimum educational qualification of graduation in any discipline from a recognized, university. (ii)  In addition candidate must also be qualified Madhyama in Sanskrit or Bhushan in Hindi or equivalent standard.  (iii) Those who have passed BA. with Sanskrit / Hindi as one of the elective(Main) subjects but have not done Madhyama in Sanskrit or Bhushan in Hindi are also eligible.

Note ; For Indian domicile Gorkha candidates applying for the post of Pandit the minimum educational qualification for appointment will be same as 2 (b) above. For Nepalese domicile Gorkha candidates applying for the post of Pandit the minimum educational qualification for appointment will be as under:-

(a) BA with Sanskrit/Hindi as one of the elective (main) subjects (Madhyama in Sanskrit or Bhushan in Hindi not mandatory)

(b) Graduation/Post Graduation In Sanskrit from any recognized university of India/Nepal.

(c) Graduation in any discipline from a recognised university with Madhyama in Sanskrit or Bhushan in Hindi or equivalent standard in the regional language concerned.        •

Note : For candidates applying for remustering the minimum qualification will be 10+2.

Culture: Candidates should belong to the culture of the appropriate religious denomination and religious qualification acceptable to the troops.

Medical Standard: A candidate should have robust physique and mental health, chest should be well developed having minimum 5 cm. expansion, should have   normal hearing with each ear. Should have sufficient number of natural healthy gums and teeth, i.e. 14 dental points. Should not have diseases-like deformity of bones, hydrocele, varicose veins or piles. Candidates may contact nearest recruiting office / zones given in Para 7 of the advertisement for existing rules on medical standards. 

Physical Standards: Minimum Physical Standards (i) Height - 160 cm (ii) Weight - 50 Kg. (iii) Chest -77 cm. (Iv) Physical Fitness Tests (PFT) -candidate should be able to 1600 meter in eight minutes.

PROCEDURE OF SELECTION:

3.        (a) The recruitment will be effected through all the HO Recruiting Zones, IRO Delhi Cantt, Ladakh Scout Regt Centre Leh and JAKLI Regt Centre Srinagar.

(b) Submission of Application : Application duly filled as per the performa given in the advertisement to be submitted by the candidate alongwith the required documents duly superscribed (APPLICATION FOR JCO (RT) COURSE NO 70) on top outer cover of envelope to the HQ Rtg Zone, IRO Delni Cantt, Ladakh Scout Regtl Centre Leh, 3AK LI Regtl Trg Centre, Srinagar of which the individual is a permanent native/resident latest by 19 JULY 2012.They can appearfor written exam only from the place of domicile. Application submitted to a different org of which the candidate is not domicile of will be rejected. Postal Addresses of all Headquarters Recruiting Zones & concerned Regimental Centres.

(c) Candidates found eligible will be issued call up letters by the concerned office/ recruiting organisation for initial screening-which will include checking of original certificates followed by medical examination,

(d) The screened candidates will be put through written examination which will be conducted on 28 Oct 2012 and will comprise of two papers as follows :-

PAPER I : (Maximum Marks -100). This will contain objective type questions on general awareness and will be common to candidates of all Religious denominations.

PAPER II : (Maximum Marks -100). This will test the knowledge specific to particular religious denomination to which the candidate belongs. The paper may be'answered in English or Hindi.

Note : Only those candidates who qualify in Paper I by securing a minimum 40 out of 100 marks will be allowed to appear in Paper -II.

(e) In Paper II candidates are required to secure a minimum of 40 marks out of total 100 marks to be eligible-for short listing and of merit for appearing in the interview. The number of candidates to be called for interview will be three times the number of vacancies. Only those candidates who come in merit wiH be interviewed by a board of officers at the nominated Regimental Centre.

APPLICATION FORM FOR JCO (RT) and FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE REFER EMPLOYMENT NEWS 23-29 JUNE 2012.

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