STATE BOARD OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
ANDHRA PRADESH : : HYDERABAD.

NOTIFICATION

TECHNICAL EXAMINATION  -  AUGUST,  2004

Applications in the prescribed forms are invited from the eligible candidates for Typewriting and Shorthand examinations to be conducted during  AUGUST, 2004.

 I. EXAMINATIONS:(Revised pattern of Typewriting Examinations):
Lower Grade (English, Telugu and Hindi)  Paper-I  10 mins.    Paper-II    45 minutes
Higher Grade(English, Telugu and Hindi)   Paper-I  10 mins.    Paper-II     1 hour
(Balance Sheet, etc., to be typed on one sheet only instead of two sheets)
There is no mechanism (objective) paper.
There is no SECOND PAPER for High Speed Typewriting.

The number of questions in Paper II of Typewriting (Lower/Higher) Examinations remains the same.  Only  the number of words and strokes have been reduced corresponding to the time in BOTH PAPER I  AND PAPER II.

 No change in English Shorthand of all grades and Telugu Shorthand of Lower and Higher Grades.  Only in respect of Telugu Shorthand High Speed (80 wpm) the duration of dictation time for Paper I and Paper II is 7 minutes each instead of 10 minutes each.

TYPEWRITING: LOWER GRADE IN ENGLISH, TELUGU AND HINDI WILL BE CONDUCTED AT THE SAME CENTRES AND IN THE SAME NUMBER OF BATCHES AS WAS CONDUCTED FOR JANUARY, 2004 EXAMINATIONS.

The following are the centres which will have to be shifted to nearby centres because of less number of candidates in January, 2004 examinations:

 Gajuwaka, Pithapuram, Narsapur, Nidadavole, Gannavaram, Mylavaram, Nuzvid, Mangalagiri, Dhone, Yemmiganur, Dharmavaram, Rajampeta, Srikalahasti, Jagitiyal, Bhongir, Tandur

Urdu Lower and Higher 1 batch each, High Speed in Telugu and English 1 batch each. URDU Typewriting examinations will be conducted at HYDERABAD only.

Special Examination for Child Prodigies will be conducted separately in one batch at all the centres of the State.

    ENGLISH SHORTHAND Lower, Intermediate, Higher and Telugu Lower and Higher WILL BE CONDUCTED AT THE CENTRES WHERE January, 2004 EXAMS WERE CONDUCTED, except Hyderabad Centre.

At Hyderabad Centre, Shorthand English Lower, Intermediate and all Telugu Shorthand Exams will be conducted at Kamala Nehru Polytechnic for Women, Exhibition Grounds and English Shorthand Higher and all English Shorthand High Speeds will be conducted at Government Polytechnic, Masab Tank, Hyderabad.  Urdu Shorthand Examinations Lower and Higher will be conducted at Hyderabad only. Shorthand High Speed Exams will be conducted at the following centres only.

English 150wpm Govt. Polytechnic, Vijayawada & GPT Hyderabad
English 180 wpm & 200 wpm    Govt. Polytechnic, Hyderabad only
Telugu  80 and 100 wpm  K.N. Polytechnic for Women, Hyderabad only.

 II.  ELIGIBILITY: Totally blind candidates are not permitted for these examinations.
 

FOR LOWER GRADE TYPEWRITING EXAMINATIONS: An appearance at SSC Examination or equivalent. Candidates should enclose xerox copy of hall ticket if marks statement is not yet issued.  Where the marks statements are issued, a xerox copy of marks statement should invariably be enclosed to the application.

FOR SPL.TYPEWRITING EXAM.FOR CHILD PRODIGIES: (i) A Candidate should not have completed 14 years of age as on the date of issue of notification.  A Date of Birth Certificate issued by the authorities concerned or by a Gazetted Officer certifying the age should be enclosed to the examination application form.  No qualification is prescribed for this examination.

(ii) The Special Typewriting Examination consist of only Speed Paper of (10) minutes duration @ 30 w.p.m and is not treated as equivalent to any grade of examination being conducted by the Board.

        FOR HIGHER GRADE TYPEWRITING: A pass in Lower Grade exam., of the subject and language along with a pass in SSC or equivalent examination or graduation from any recognized University.  Candidates qualified in Lower exam., of Maharashtra Govt. will not be admitted except those who qualify as per G.O.Ms.No.921, G.A.(Ser.B)Dept., dt.19-06-62

For High Speed (Typewriting)                  :  A pass in Higher Grade Exam.of the subject and language

For Shorthand Lower (English/Telugu)    :  A pass in SSC or Equivalent Exam.

For Shorthand Inter./Higher Exam        :  A pass in Shorthand Lower Grade Exam./
 
(English/Telugu)                                 Graduation from any recognised University.

For Shorthand English High Speed         :  A pass in English Shorthand Higher Grade (all grades)

For Shorthand Telugu High Speed          :  A pass in Telugu Shorthand Higher Grade (all grades) 

III. EXAMINATION FEE AND PAYMENT:

 Lower Grade                                     Rs.70/- per subject

Higher Grade and Shorthand Intermediate Rs.90/- per subject

High Speed                                      Rs.120/- per subject.

Special Exam. For Child Prodigies             Rs.100/-.
Fee should be paid ONLY by way of CROSSED DEMAND DRAFT obtained from State Bank of India or Andhra Bank and drawn in favour of SECRETARY,  State Board of Technical Education and Training, A.P., Hyderabad payable at HYDERABAD.  FEE ONCE PAID WILL NEITHER BE REFUNDED NOR ADJUSTED FOR A FUTURE EXAMINATION.

IV.  APPLICATION FORMS AND DATES

 Blank application forms at a cost of Rs.5/- each can be had from the Principals of Govt./Private Polytechnics where they were sold for the last examination from 17-05-2004. White colour applications for English Typewriting including Special Typewriting Examination for Child Prodigies, Yellow colour applications for Telugu Typewriting and Blue colour applications for Hindi Typewriting are to be used.  For Shorthand, Pink colour applications are to be used for all grades and all languages.

a)  Last date to pay the fee and receive applications without fine         ..   09-06-2004.
 b)  Last date to receive applications with a fine of Rs.100/- per application  ..   12-06-2004.

Applications should be submitted either in person or by Regd.Post addressed to the Secretary, State Board of Technical Education and Training, S.V.Bhavan, Masab Tank, Hyderabad-500 028.

NOTE:  Recognised Typewriting Institutes are permitted to submit their Institute applications on or before 15-06-04   However, the demand draft should have been obtained by them between 17-05-04 and 09-06-04  If the draft is obtained after  09-06-04 and before 12-06-04 late fee should be paid at the rate of Rs.100/- per application.

V. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Candidates appearing for the first time in Typewriting in any grade should get his/her applications sponsored by a Recognised Institute.  Govt. employees appearing for the exam. Should seek permission from their employers for appearing the examination.

Instructions supplied along with the application should be strictly adhered to.  Entries in the schedules shall be filled as per SSC Marks List/SSC Hall Ticket.  Application forms should be filled by the applicant in his/her own handwriting as per SSC Certificate. 

The Secretary, State Board of Technical Education and Training, A.P., reserves the right to cancel the result of any ineligible candidate who has been permitted to appear for the examination by oversight.  The Secretary,   reserves the right to cancel the performance of any candidate(s) if it is found that any unfair means are adopted in the examination.

Applications sponsored by unrecognised Institutes will be rejected without any intimation and fee paid will not be refunded under any circumstances.

If it is found that a Principal certified the candidature of an imposter, action will be initiated against the Principal.

No candidate can appear for the same examination in different batches or for more than one grade of examination in the subject/language at the same time.  Such application will be rejected and the candidates forfeit the fee paid and their performance will be cancelled.  Candidates once qualified are not permitted to appear for the same examination.

The undersigned reserves the right to cancel any centre notified due to administrative reasons and reallot the candidates to a nearby  centre of examination. The Principals of Type Institutes have to submit a prescribed covering letter in duplicate along with a Demand Draft separately while submitting the application forms.

Applications received after due date due to postal delay or any other reason will be rejected though the fee is paid in time.  The Board is not responsible for any loss of applications during transit. 

The Institute Principals are advised that they should submit the consolidated demand draft along with the prescribed covering letter separately for Typewriting and Shorthand at the time of submitting the applications.

Time-table will be published in the newspapers in the month of  July, 2004.
                                                                      Sd/- SECRETARY