The Staff Selection Commission regional office has announced February 15 as the last date to apply for the Combined Graduate Level Examination 2013. The qualifier or Tier-I exam will be held in four centres in Karnataka between April 14 and 21. February 13 will be the last day for online applications.
The Bangalore office handles Kerala and the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. The written examinations will be held in Bangalore, Dharwad, Mangalore, Gulbarga in the State, and in Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Thrissur and Kozhikode in Kerala. Those who qualify will then take the Tier-II exam on July 21.
Only 22,000 candidates have applied from this region while the commission gets 7.5 lakh applications from across the country, SSC Regional Director Gopalan said on Friday.
Of the 540 staff chosen and posted in the State in 2011, 34 belonged to Karnataka.
A detailed schedule has appeared in the Employment News edition of January 19-25, 2013.Candidates writing their exams in centres in Karnataka and Kerala should apply to the Regional Director, Staff Selection Commission (KKR), I Floor E Wing, Kendriya Sadan, Koramangala, Bangalore - 560034.
Online applications can be made on http://ssconline.nic.in or http://ssconline2.gov.in.
A detailed notice and application forms are available on the SSC website http://ssc.nic.in and the SSC (KKR) website http://ssckkr.kar.nic.in.
The helpline numbers are 9483862020, 080-25502520.