AIIMS notifies 2779 vacancies for NORCET 10

i. Candidates qualifying as per the scheme of examination in Stage I equal to 5 times the total seats in each category (UR, OBC, SC, ST, EWS) will be called for Stage II subject to the following additional points:

1. All qualified PWBD candidates will be called for Stage II.

2. All tie cases from the qualified candidates with the last candidate in the list of candidates called for Stage II will also be called for Stage II.

3. There may be a situation where a candidate is qualified but not called for Stage II examination.

Stage II: NORCET Main.

a. Scheme of Examination

i. The duration of the examination shall be 180 minutes.

ii. 160 MCQs of 160 marks with four alternatives for each question related to the subject covering the entire syllabus of Nursing courses being taught at the essential qualification level focused towards case scenario-based questions for testing nursing skills competency.

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

iv. Question paper will be divided in 4 sections of 45 minutes each containing 40 questions.

v. There will be sequence in which each section, which will be enabled to view/answer questions. Access to visible/active part to view/answer will be disabled after the set duration expires and next section will be automatically activated/ visible and so on.

vi. Examination will be submitted automatically after 180 minutes. Each section will appear one by one during180 minutes’ duration at one time only for the set section duration. 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.

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

viii. The qualifying (percentage) marks in the NORCET Examination will be 50% for UR/EWS, 45% for OBC and 40% for SC & ST.

For PWBD, an additional 5% relaxation will be given irrespective of the category. Accordingly, qualifying marks for PWBD will be as follows UR/EWS-PWBD-45%, OBC-PWBD-40% and SC/ST-PWBD-35%). As per DOPT office memorandum No. No.36035/02/2017-Estt (Res) dated 15.01.2018, the 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.

ix. If a CBT examination is conducted in multiple shifts, the respective normalisation procedure at AIIMS published vide Notice No. 35/2023 dated 20.01.2023 shall be applicable.

b. Resolution of Tie Cases

In cases where more than one candidate secures equal MARKS, tie will be resolved;

(i) First, by using date of birth with older candidates placed higher;

(ii) If not resolved by (i), the number of wrong answers / negative marks will be used, wherein those with fewer wrong answers / negative marks will be placed higher; Merit will be reflected accordingly in the NORCET Score.

a. Syllabus

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

b. Preparation of Merit List & Allocation of Seats (Based on Stage II NORCET Mains)

a) Merit List of qualified candidates shall be prepared based on performance in CBT as per qualifying criteria in Stage II NORCET Mains only. If a CBT examination is conducted in multiple shifts, the respective normalisation procedure at AIIMS published vide Notice No. 35/2023 dated 20.01.2023 shall be applicable.

b) There may be a situation where a candidate is qualified but not eligible for any or all participating Institute/Hospital.

c) Choices will be invited only from qualified, eligible candidates as per applicable eligibility criteria.

d) There will only be one round of allocation of seats in general.

e) Allocation of seats will be made in order of merit out of choices made by the candidate in order of preference.

f) A candidate to whom a seat has been allocated out of any choice filled is mandatorily required to join the allocated seat subject to eligibility as applicable. Hence candidates are advised to fill in only those choices where they will join, as failure to join an allocated seat for any reason(s) shall lead to mandatory cancellation of candidature for that NORCET.

g) There will not be any waiting list for NORCET to fill any remaining advertised vacancy from the pool of remaining candidates in the merit list, as NORCET has been planned to be conducted twice in a year.

h) Detail Information on the allocation process will be published with the invitation of choices after the declaration of a list of qualified candidates.

i) AIIMS reserves the right to invite choices at any time during the process of recruitment.