State Bank of India Recruitment 2010 Eligibility

The Eligibility Criteria for SBI Associate Bank Probationary Officer Recruitment is as on 31/01/2010.

(A) Essential Academic Qualifications for SBI Associate Bank PO Exam 2010:

General and other Candidates: 60% aggregate marks in class XII or Diploma course after 10th standard and 55% aggregate marks in Graduation irrespective of Pass Course or Honours Course.

SC / ST / PWD: 55% aggregate marks in class XII or Diploma course after 10th standard and 50% aggregate marks in Graduation irrespective of Pass Course or Honours Course.

In case of candidates having professional qualification(s) of CA or CWA or CFA or CS (Company Secretary), where graduation is not compulsory, the candidates should have secured minimum 60% aggregate marks in class XII (55% in case of SC / ST / PWD candidates) and pass marks in any one of the above examination.

Note:

1. Candidates who have not passed XIIth Standard Examination but have passed with 60% aggregate marks (55% for SC / ST / PWD) Diploma courses after Xth Standard are eligible for the captioned recruitment, provided:
1. Diploma course passed must be a full time course (Diploma course through correspondence are not eligible) with a minimum of Two years duration.
2. The Diploma course should be recognised / approved by the State Board of Technical Education of the concerned State.
2. The percentage of marks in XIIth Std./ Diploma Course / Graduation shall be arrived at by dividing the marks obtained by the candidate in all the subjects by aggregate maximum marks of all subjects irrespective of optional / additional optional subjects studied.

Similar percentage of marks in Graduate shall be arrived at by dividing the percentage of marks obtained by the candidate in all subjects by maximum marks of the all subjects of Course (both for Pass / Honour Course) for all the years of the Course.

(B) Age Limit for SBI Associate Bank PO Recruitment 2010: Not below 21 years and not above 30 years as on 31.01.2010. Relaxation in the Upper Age Limit to Reserved category candidates.

Upper age is relaxable by

1. 3 years in the case of OBC candidates.
2. 5 years in the case of:
1. SC / ST candidates.
2. Ex-servicemen (including Emergency Commissioned Officers/Short Service Commissioned Officers) who have rendered at least five years continuous Military Service and have been released on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or /on account of physical disability or have been released on account of physical disability attributable to Military Service or on invalidment.
3. Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in Kashmir Division of the State of Jammu and Kashmir between 1st January, 1980 and 31st December, 1989.
3. 10 years for VH / OH (Gen), 13 years for VH / OH (OBC) and 15 years for VH / OH (SC / ST) candidates.

Note: Cumulative Age Relaxation will not be available either under the above items or in combination with any other items.

Notes for Orthopaedically Handicapped (OH) / Visually Handicapped (VH) candidates:

A. Only those OH candidates who have locomotor disability or cerebral palsy with locomotor impairment of minimum of 40% and only those who fall in the following categories are eligible to apply.

• BL - Both legs affected but not arms
• OA - One arm affected (R or L) - Impaired reach, weakness of grip, ataxia
• OL - One leg affected (R or L)
• MW - Muscular weakness and limited physical endurance

B. Only those Visually handicapped persons who suffer from any one of the following conditions are eligible to apply.

1. Total absence of sight.
2. Visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with correcting lenses.
3. Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degrees or worse.

C. Candidates having low vision as defined in Chapter I, Para 2 (u) of The persons with Disabilities (Equal opportunities, protections of rights and full participation) Act 1995.

D. At the time of SBI written examination for PO Exam 2010, only blind / low vision candidates and those candidates whose writing speed is affected by cerebral palsy can use own scribe / writer at his/her own cost. In all such cases where a scribe / writer is used, the following rules will apply.

1. The candidate will have to arrange his / her own scribe / writer at his / her cost.
2. Scribe / writer must be processing one grade lower educational qualification for SBI PO than minimum eligibility educational qualifications of the candidate (i.e. graduation in SBI Recruitment of Probationary Officers 2010). Thus the educational qualification for bank PO of scribe / writer should be not more than XII standard.
3. Both the candidate as well as the scribe / writer will have to give a suitable undertaking, confirming that the scribe fulfils all the stipulated eligibility criteria for a scribe as mentioned above.

Further, in case it later transpires that he / she did not fulfil any of the laid-down eligibility criteria or suppressed material facts, the candidature of the applicant will stand cancelled, irrespective of the result of the SBI Associate Bank PO written test.

4. Only those candidates who use a scribe/writer shall be eligible for extra time of 20 minutes and/or part there of for every hour of the SBI PO Examination.

SBI Associate Bank PO Recruitment 2010 Eligibility