Exams, admissions, results and career trends, written by the CareerBox editorial team.
The Gujarat Public Service Commission has cancelled the subject paper of the preliminary test for ICT Officer, Class-2 (Advt. 36/2026-27), after finding that some questions had been repeated from an earlier exam in the same subject. The paper will be held again on Saturday, 31 October. The recruitment is for nine posts, one each in nine new municipal corporations, at Pay Level 9.
After the preliminary tests, the Gujarat Public Service Commission has shortlisted 372 candidates for 8 Nursing Officer/Principal (Class-2) posts, 241 for 12 Nursing Superintendent (Class-2) posts and 10 for 2 Principal (Class-1) posts. Everyone on these lists must upload their certificates on GPSC’s portal between 1 pm on 13 October and 11:59 pm on 22 October, or be disqualified.
The Gujarat Police Recruitment Board has published written-exam marks for 35 Police Sub-Inspector (Motor Transport) posts and 45 Head Constable Driver Mechanic (Grade-1) posts. The exam was held on 23 August. Candidates who want their OMR sheet rechecked must send a ₹500 demand draft and an application to the Board by 20 October.
The Medical Counselling Committee has opened registration for round 1 of NEET PG 2026 counselling for all-India quota, deemed and central university seats. Registration closes at 12 noon on 21 October, choices lock by 10 am on 22 October and the result is due on 24 October. Disability assessment boards stay open until 15 and 18 October, and the seat matrix is still awaited.
The Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad has announced the 2027 High School and Intermediate board exam schedule. Both start on 5 February with Hindi and end on 24 February. Papers run from 8:30 am to 11:45 am and from 2 pm to 5:15 pm. Class 10 Maths is on 13 February and Science on 17 February; Class 12 Physics is on 17 February.
The National Medical Commission has clarified that nothing in its rules stops a registered doctor from reviewing and signing lab, pathology and radiology reports and discharge summaries remotely with a digital signature. The doctor must actually review the case, can never share signing credentials, and stays fully responsible. A separate notice asks every medical college to set up a patient safety committee.
Canara Bank is taking 3,500 graduate apprentices for a 12-month training stint in its branches. Selection is on Class 12 or diploma marks plus a local-language test, with no written exam. Graduates who passed between 1 January 2023 and 1 September 2026, aged 20 to 28, can apply until 17 October after registering on the NATS apprenticeship portal.
The ISRO Propulsion Complex at Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu, has extended applications for 22 posts (technical assistants for diploma holders, Technician B for ITI holders, a cook and firemen) to 5 pm on 24 October. Fees can be paid until 29 October. Selection is by an OMR written test in Tirunelveli or Chennai, followed by a qualifying skill test.
The Medical Counselling Committee says a notice circulating online about lowering the NEET UG 2026 qualifying percentile is fake: no such decision has been taken. MCC reminded candidates that mcc.nic.in is its only website. Registration for the all-India stray vacancy round opened on 13 October, and the published schedule puts the result on 17 October.
Tamil Nadu’s Teachers Recruitment Board has declared results of the special Teacher Eligibility Test for teachers already in service, held on 4 and 5 July. Nearly 2.2 lakh teachers took the two papers. The final answer key is published, qualified teachers can download e-certificates within five days, and Puducherry candidates get only marks from TRB.
Gujarat’s UG medical admission committee has published the round-3 MBBS/BDS allotment. Students with a new or upgraded seat must pay by 3:30 pm on 13 October and hand in original documents by 4 pm on 14 October. B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad closed at state merit number 150 for open-category government seats; the stray round runs from 17 to 21 October.
The Gujarat Panchayat Service Selection Board has published provisional results and a merit-cum-document-verification list for 164 Junior Pharmacist (Class III) posts. Candidates can check their marks until 11 pm on 29 October. The general-category cut-off is 130.15 out of 200, and selected candidates start on a fixed pay of ₹40,800 a month.
Veer Narmad South Gujarat University and the University Employment Information and Guidance Bureau, Surat are holding a recruitment fair on the VNSGU campus from 10 am to 2 pm on 23 October 2026. Twenty-two employers have listed about 490 vacancies, from hospital technicians and nurses to bank relationship managers and electrical engineers.
Only 16,954 students confirmed seats after round 3 of Gujarat’s nursing, physiotherapy and allied-health counselling, out of 20,855 who were allotted one. The committee’s post-reporting statement of 10 October shows 36,252 vacant seats, now including some in government ANM schools and physiotherapy colleges.
GTU has circulated a Directorate of Technical Education directive asking engineering, pharmacy and other technical institutions to adopt NIDM’s model 2-credit skill course on disaster risk reduction and set up DRR Clubs this academic year. The course has 15 hours of lectures and 30 hours of practical and field work, including first aid, fire safety and mock drills.
The Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission has notified 6,574 vacancies in its Group 4 combined exam: junior assistants, typists, steno-typists, village administrative officers, bill collectors and forest watchers. Applications close at 11:59 pm on 5 November, corrections run 9 to 11 November, and the single OMR paper is on 10 January 2027.
CBSE is taking exam forms from private candidates for the February to April 2027 Class 10 and Class 12 board exams. Students who failed, got a compartment or want to improve their 2026 marks can apply online at the normal fee until 23 October, and with a ₹2,000 late fee until 30 October. Schools must also file regular students’ details by 21 October.
The National Medical Commission has issued guidelines on how doctors and hospitals may advertise, effective immediately. Superlatives, before-and-after photos, patient testimonials, fake reviews and referral payments are out; AI-made promotional content is restricted and must be labelled. A doctor can lose registration for one to three years for repeated violations.
UPSC has declared the written result of the National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (II), 2026, held on 13 September. The roll-number list has about 7,400 men and 480 women. Qualified candidates must register on joinindianarmy.nic.in within two weeks of the 9 October result to be given SSB interview dates. Courses start on 1 July 2027.
The Medical Counselling Committee has listed 2,570 candidates who did not physically join a seat after all-India round 3, more than 2,000 of them for MBBS. Reporting closed on 9 October and the seats are lost. MCC has also told states to remove everyone who joined an all-India seat before allotting their own round-3 and stray seats.
IBPS has raised the indicative vacancies for its Customer Service Associate (clerk) recruitment in public sector banks from 11,403 to 11,663. The preliminary exam call letters were released on 1 October. The prelims is a one-hour, 100-mark test. The mains is planned for December and provisional allotment for March 2027.
CBSE has released the date sheet for the Class 12 special examinations for students in West Asia whose papers could not be held in March to April. Exams run on five days from 23 to 28 October, with one centre in each country. Admit cards can be downloaded from 12 October.
Gujarat’s UG medical admission committee has published round-2 allotments for Ayurveda (BAMS) and Homoeopathy (BHMS). Allotted students must pay tuition by 3:30 pm on 13 October and hand in original documents at a help centre by 4 pm on 14 October. After round 2, 945 government-quota homoeopathy seats are still empty.
The High Court of Gujarat has advertised 29 Librarian posts in the district judiciary and one Librarian-cum-Research Assistant post in the industrial and labour courts, on the ₹25,500 to 81,100 pay matrix. Library-science graduates with two years’ library experience can apply on HC-OJAS until 11:59 pm on 20 October; the written test is planned for 29 November.
