Minimum Educational Qualification for open market recruitments in Level-1 posts will be 10th or ITI or NAC: Railway Board RBE No. 01/2025

Minimum Educational Qualification for all future open market recruitments in Level-1  of the pay matrix of 7th CPC posts will be 10th or ITI or NAC: Railway Board Order RBE No. 01/2025 dated 02.01.2025

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA)
(RAILWAY BOARD)

RBE No. 01 /2025

No. E(NG)II/2024/RR-1/41

New Delhi, dated 02.01.2025

The General Manager (P)
All Zonal Railways/Production Units

Sub: Minimum Educational Qualification for recruitment from open Market in Level-1 of the pay matrix of 7th CPC.

Ref: (i) Board’s letter No. E(NG)II/2017/RR-1/12(3192238) dated 27.07.2017 C(RBE 73/2017) and 28.02.2018 (RBE 31/2018)
(ii) E(NG)IT/2000/RR-1/17 (3012944) dated 11.12.2017 (RBE 192/2017)
(iii) E(NG)IT/2017/RR-1/12 dated 14.06.2019

Please refer to Board’s letter No. E(NG)I/2017/RR-1/12 dated 14.06.2019 regarding minimum educational qualification for recruitments in Level-1 of the pay matrix. The issue has been reviewed and in supercession of the earlier instructions as under reference, it has been decided by the Board that the minimum educational qualification for all future open market recruitments in Level-1 posts (including the upcoming CEN level 1 recruitment) will be ‘10th pass or ITI or equivalent or National Apprenticeship Certificate (NAC) granted by NCVT’.

(U.K Tiwari)
Director, Estt.(N)
Railway Board

Copy to: Chairperson/All Railway Recruitment Boards.