State Bank of India Probationary Officers Recruitment 2010 Eligibility

The eligibility criteria for SBI PO Recruitment is as on 28/02/2010.

(A) Essential Academic PO Qualifications:

General Category & Others Category: 60% aggregate marks in XIIth standard or in Diploma after Xth standard and 55% aggregate marks in Graduation.

SC / ST / PWD Category: 55% aggregate marks in XIIth standard or in Diploma after Xth standard and 50% aggregate marks in Graduation.

In case of candidates having professional qualification(s) of CA or CWA or CFA or CS (Company Secretary), where graduation is not compulsory, the General & others category candidates should have secured minimum 60% aggregate marks in XIIth standard or Diploma (55% in case of SC / ST / PWD candidates) and pass marks in above examination(s).

Note:

1. Graduate Candidates who have not passed XIIth Standard Examination but have passed Diploma course after Xth Standard with 60% aggregate marks (55% for SC / ST/ PWD) are eligible for the captioned SBI recruitment, provided:
1. Diploma course passed must be a minimum of two years duration full time course (Diploma course through correspondence are not eligible).
2. The Diploma course should be recognised / approved by the State Board of Technical Education of the concerned State / UT.
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.

Similarly percentage of marks in Graduation shall be arrived at by dividing the aggregate 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.

3. Where the candidates have been awarded Cumulative Grade Point Average Scores (CGPA Scores) or Overall Grade Point Average Scores (OGPA Scores) or any other kind of Grades in their results, they will have to produce a certificate from the Registrar / Controller of examination / Institute indicating the equivalent of percentage marks obtained by them.

(B) Age Limit for Probationary Officers Recruitment in SBI:

The age limit for SBI PO Recruitment 2010 is as on 28.02.2010.

1) SBI Probationary Officers Recruitment 2010 - Not below 21 years and not above 30 years as on 28.02.2010 i.e candidates must have been born not earlier than 01.03.1980 and not later than 28.02.1989 (both days inclusive).

2) SBI Probationary Officers Exam 2010 (RB) - Not below 21 years and not above 30 years as on 28.02.2010 i.e candidates must have been born not earlier than 01.03.1980 and not later than 28.02.1989 (both days inclusive).

In case of candidates who have worked in Scheduled Commercial Bank(s) in the field of Agriculture / Rural Business, the upper age will be relaxed by the completed number of years of experience of the candidates, subject to maximum of 5 yrs.

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 avaliable either under the above items or in combination with any other items except in case of experience in scheduled commerical banks in the field of agriculture / Rural Business for the post of Probationary Officer (Rural Business).

2. 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)

1. Impaired reach
2. Weakness of grip
3. 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, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act 1995.

d) At the time of written examination, 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 essentially one grade lower in educational qualification than the minimum eligibility educational qualifications of the candidate (i.e. graduation in this SBI recruitment), thus the qualification of scribe / writer should not be more than XIIth standard or Diploma passed after Xth standard.
3. Both the candidate as well as the scribe/writer will have to give a suitable undertaking, confirming that the scribe/writer fulfils all the stipulated eligibility criteria for a scribe / writer 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 written examination.

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 examination provided that the candidate uses scribe / writer for both the objective and descriptive test.

SBI PO Recruitment 2010 Eligibility