Be Prepared for Post-Lockdown Opportunities

The lockdown has been a harrowing time for a lot of students and those aspiring to take up the bank exams. It is expected that the nation-wide lockdown will come to an end on 1 June. There was uncertainty as to when the exams will be conducted and dates being pushed due to the extension of the lockdown. With the current scenario of COVID-19 situation, students still have time to practice and convert their weaknesses into strengths. There is a good news to all aspirants as TCS in a press release has said on 27 May, that TCS iON exam centres are being prepared for post lockdown recruitment exams with social distancing and hygiene norms in place. This means students can expect thing to get back on track very soon.

Venguswamy Ramaswamy, Global Head, TCS iON, said, “Exam-conducting authorities are eager to resume assessments and at the same time, are anxious about the safety of students and everyone involved. We are grateful to the health experts from AIIMS and PHFI for providing invaluable inputs to our process for conducting social distanced assessments with all the necessary rigor and care.”

Some of the key norms laid out are:

• Staggered, touch-free entry into the test venue

• Checks for symptoms along with Aarogya Setu App status verification

• Sanitization before entry into the exam hall

• Touch-free security checks, document verification, and registration

• Non-intrusive, touch-free identity verification before, during and after the exam

• Multiple layers of hygiene norms for candidates and exam staff

• Adoption of social distancing norms at all times

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Till the time certain dates are announced for all recruitment exams that have been rescheduled, you can keep working on your skills and try to take up as many mock tests as you can and make practice papers. In a way its an opportunity to fine-tune whatever you have studied. It is hard to be motivated because you have to be in one place and not have the opportunity to get out of the house. But using the time positively to making a group of friends who to have aspired to take up the bank exam will help you discuss what each of you has studied and get doubts clarified at some of the questions that you may find challenging but the other was able to know how to solve it. Or discuss how you will make time for each subject, and you can study together virtually as well.

The exam notification are expected to be released as IBPS has already declared the results for 2019 and TCS-ION in a press release has also announced that they are preparing exam centres to operate with social distancing and hygiene norms, and for the time being you have an opportunity to work on the subjects that you weren’t so confident or found difficult take up some more tutorials or read up more or take the help online courses or tutors who can guide you make most of this exam preparation time. Let fear not beckon you to stop studying because of the uncertainty of the dates and ongoing recruitment, which will happen as soon as the lockdown is taken care of and probably some kind of normalcy returns.

Respective organizations has mentioned that the dates for the forthcoming posts of bank exams would be announced after coronavirus outbreak is under control-

• SBI Clerk Mains
• LIC AAO/AE
• SEBI Grade A
• RBI Assistant Mains
• NABARD Grade A-Mains

The dates will be decided when there is relaxation in the lockdown rules, and the students will be able to take up exams. There is never a need to quit the exam preparation. You can work on more as you have a lot of spare time on your hands. Several of your doubts and queries can be satiated with the help of online study material and courses that help you with training for such exams. You will now be having time to solve more number of previous years’ papers and evaluate them better and correct your mistakes and be in a better position for the actual exam.

The students can chalk out a new study time table and work on the subjects and topics backward so that you can not feel bored each time. Select a few complicated and interesting topics together and draw out the important points and choose a few questions and try to write their answers. Putting a timer for answering would help to speed up and be exam prepared.

For those students who want to appear for the SEBI Grade A 2020, the form is still open to grab, and you can still apply because of the extension in the application form. So those who have got time in their hands due to the lockdown can check on the eligibility criteria and jump at this opportunity, which is till 31st July. For some, it is a golden opportunity to try to stay positive and keep their mind occupied by studying. And when the exam date is announced, you can make a winning start to your exam campaign.

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