UPPSC Exam: The reaction of UP Public Service Commission has come amid the protests by UPPSC candidates in Prayagraj. The Commission has stated cleanliness in the examinations and convenience of the candidates as its priority. On the protests against normalization in the examinations, the spokesperson of the Commission said that in order to protect the sanctity of the examinations and the future of the students, the examinations are being conducted only at those centers where there is no possibility of any kind of irregularities.
On Monday, the spokesperson of the Commission said that earlier many types of irregularities have come to notice in remote examination centres, due to which the future of eligible students becomes uncertain. To eliminate this and to conduct the entire examination on the basis of merit, these centers have been removed. In order to ensure that the examination can be conducted in a fair manner, only those government and funded educational institutions within 10 km radius of the bus stand/railway station/treasury which were not previously doubtful, disputed or blacklisted are being made examination centres.
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He said that to ensure the purity and quality of the examination, it is necessary that where there are more than 5 lakh candidates, the system of conducting the examination in more than one shift has been implemented. Under this, it was decided to conduct the PCS (Preliminary) examination in 02 days on 07 and 08 December and the RO/ARO (Preliminary) examination 2023 in three shifts on 22 and 23 December.
The spokesperson of the Commission said that where examinations are conducted on more than one day/shift against a single advertisement, it is necessary to adopt the process of normalization for evaluation of the examination, as is done in various reputed recruitment bodies, commissions etc. of the country. is done. The Radhakrishnan Committee constituted by the Supreme Court for the NEET examination has also demanded to conduct the examination in two shifts, while the police recruitment examination was also conducted in two shifts.
The Commission said that regarding the examinations, the candidates have sent letters saying that some Telegram channels and YouTubers are conspiring to postpone the examination. These channels are spreading confusion and misleading the candidates regarding the normalization of the examination. Many candidates for whom both the examination and time are very important, support this decision of the Commission. The intention of the government and the commission is to protect the interests of the students and ensure selection on the basis of merit.
