Nursing Officer Recruitment Common Eligibility Test (NORCET)-8

Online Application is invited for the Nursing Officer Recruitment Common Eligibility Test (NORCET) 2022 for the recruitment of Nursing Officer posts at Level 07 in the Pay Matrix prerevised Pay Band-2 o Rs.9300-34800 with Grade Pay of Rs.4600/-, Gro p-B for AIIMS New Delhi and other AIIMS as per available vacancies in the respective Institutes.

Pay Band-2 of Rs.9300-34800 with Grade Pay of Rs.4600/

Education Qualification (as on 21-08-2022)

1-A) B.Sc. (Hons.) Nursing / B.Sc. Nursing from an Indian Nursing Council/state Nursing council recognized Institute or University OR B.Sc. (Post-Certificate) / Post-Basic B.Sc. Nursing from an Indian Nursing Council/State Nursing council recognized Institute/ University.

1-B)  Registered as Nurses & Midwife with State / Indian Nursing Council

OR

2-A) Diploma in General Nursing Midwifery from an Indian Nursing Council/State Nursing council recognized Institute / Board or Council

2-B) Registered as Nurses & Midwife in State / Indian Nursing Council.

2-C) Two Years’ Experience in a minimum 50 bedded Hospital after acquiring the educational qualification mentioned above as applicable. 

Remarks - The required two years of experience as in above is as an essential criterion and to be valid, the experience shall must be acquired after obtaining Essential Qualification, i.e. after completing residency period f the course, declaration of result & registration with State/Indian Nursing Council.

Participating Aiims

1.AIIMS BATHINDA,

2.AIIMS BHOPAL,

3.AIIMS BHUBANESWAR, 

4.AIIMS BILASPUR, 

5.AIIMS DEOGHAR, 

6.AIIMS GORAKHPUR, 

7.AIIMS VIJAYPUR JAMMU, 

8.AIIMS JODHPUR, 

9.AIIMS KALYANI, 

10.AIIMS MANGALAGIRI, 

11.AIIMS NAGPUR, 

12.AIIMS NEW DELHI, 

13.AIIMS PATNA, 

14.AIIMS RAE BARELI, 

15.AIIMS RAIPUR, 

16.AIIMS RAJKOT, 

17.AIIMS RISHIKESH, 

18.AIIMS BIBINAGAR, 

19.AIIMS GUWAHATI, 

20.NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES (NITRD),

Age Limit (as on 17-03-2025)

Minimum Age : 18 years

Minimum Age : 30 years

(As per detail on Age relaxation given in General Conditions subject to age Relaxation as per Recruitment rules of respective AIIMS.)

All age shall be counted on the last date of closing of application form.

 

Fees

General / OBC  : Rs. 3000/-

SC / ST / EwS : Rs. 2400/

Persons with Disabilities- Exempted

Payment Mode: Pay the Examination Fee Through Debit Card, Credit Card, Net Banking

Important Dates

Particulars	Start date	Closing Date
Online Registration for application	24.02.2025	17.03.2025 (by 5:00 pm)
Window for Correction /Edit in Registration form(if any)	26.03.2025	01.04.2025 (by 5:00 pm)
Date of Examination	Preliminary - 12th April 2025 Mains - 2nd May 2025
Examination Centers	Cities all over India

Pattern & Scheme of Examination

NORCET examination will be conducted in two successive stages as described below : .
Stage I: NORCET Preliminary
Stage II: NORCET Main 1.

Stage I: NORCET Preliminary a. Scheme of Examination
i. The NORCET Preliminary stage is a qualifying examination where a candidate who qualifies in the test will be allowed to appear in StageII: NORCET Main, subject to conditions as described below for preparation of the list of candidates called for Stage II.

ii. NORCET Preliminary will not be used for deciding Merit/Rank for final selection.

iii. The duration of the examination shall be 90 minutes.

iv. 100 MCQs of 100 marks with four alternatives for each question. (20 MCQs related to General Knowledge & Aptitude & 80 MCQs related to the syllabus of Nursing courses being taught at the essential qualification level)

v. There will be a negative marking of 1/3 marks for each wrong answer.

vi. Question paper will be divided in 5 sections each of 18 minutes duration, where each section will contain 20 question. vii. There will be sequence in which each section will be enabled to view/answer questions. Access to visible/active part to view/answer will be disabled after lapse of set duration and next section will be automatically activated/ visible and so on.

viii. Examination will be submitted automatically. Each section will appear one by one during the 90 minutes duration at one time only. You will be allowed only to attempt questions in the currently active section which will remain enable for set time and it will never come back again for any action after moved to next section.

ix. You will not be allowed to view or answer any questions section rather than currently active/visible part. Hence, attempt all possible question during the given time period including review of any skipped question or question marked for review etc.

x. The qualifying marks in the Stage I: NORCET Preliminary Examination will be 50 percentiles for UR/EWS, 45 percentile for OBC and 40 percentile for SC & ST. For PWBD, an additional 5 percentile relaxation will be given irrespective of the category. Accordingly, qualifying marks for PWBD will be as follows UR/EWS-PWBD-45 percentile, OBC-PWBD-40 percentile and SC/ST-PWBD-35 percentile). As per DOPT office memorandum No. No.36035/02/2017-Estt (Res) dated 15.01.2018 same relaxed standard should be applied for all the candidates with Benchmark Disabilities whether they belong to Unreserved/SC/ST/OBC. No further relaxation of standards will be considered or admissible in favour of any candidate from any category whatsoever.

III. Syllabus

The syllabus will be in accordance with education qualification and experience as mentioned in the Eligibility Section/Advertisement.

 

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