(1) The following academic qualification shall be deemed to be the minimum academic qualification for promotion to the following posts of the Armed Police Service:
(a) For the post of Deputy Superintendent of Armed Police and the post higher than that, having passed
bachelor level or equivalent thereto.
(b) For the post of Inspector, Senior Sub-Inspector and Sub-Inspector of the Armed Police, having passed
certificate level or equivalent thereto.
(c) For the post of Assistant Sub-Inspector, having passed tenth class.
(d) For the post of Senior Constable, Police Constable and Assistant Deputy Constable, having passed
eighth class.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in Sub-rule (1), if the officers and personnel who have been transferred from the Royal Nepal Army pursuant to Section 16 of the Act have obtained the training as follows, they shall be deemed to have obtained the academic qualification as referred to in Clause (d) of Sub-rule (2):
(a) Deputy Inspector General of Armed Police Senior Superintendent of Armed Police Superintendent of
Armed Police Command and staff college or battalion commander training or rescue or logistics  training or any training of same level or forest warfare or mountain warfare training.
(b) Deputy  Superintendent of Armed Police Battalion commander and staff training or
1. Youth officer training
2. Any one leg of battalion rescue weapons or any one training of same level on rescue or logistics or
forest warfare or mountain warfare training
(c) Armed Police Inspector First class education
(d) Senior Deputy Inspector of Armed Police Deputy Inspector of Armed Police Assistant Inspector of Armed Police
1. Second class training
2. Battalion commander training
3. Map reading
(e) Senior Constable of Armed Police
1. Patti patti training
2. Map reading training
3. Third class education
(f) Constable of Armed Police
1. Third class education
2. Billadar basic training
(g) Assistant Constable of Armed Police
1. Third class education
2. Se Mu Weapon training
(3) For the minimum academic qualification to be required for any existing post in the Armed Police Service, 7, 6.5 and 6 marks shall be given for first, second and third division, respectively.
(4) If it is not the minimum academic qualification as referred to in Sub-rule (3), 5, 4.5 and 4 marks shall be given for the first, second and third division, respectively, of one level lower academic qualification.
(5) Even if it is not the minimum academic qualification as referred to in Sub-rule (4), 3, 2.5 and 2 marks, shall be given for the first, second and third division, respectively, of the one level lower academic qualification than the same.
(6) Marks equivalent to the second division shall be given for the academic qualification not having set out the division.