New Delhi:
Uttar Pradesh Public Service Fee (UPPSC) has assured candidates of sustaining examination integrity and making certain its sanctity as a number of college students staged protested in opposition to the alleged irregularities within the UPPSC examination. The fee additionally famous that to uphold the sanctity of its examinations and safeguard college students’ futures, exams are performed solely at centres the place the potential of irregularities is completely eradicated.
A spokesperson from the fee accepted that previously, varied irregularities had surfaced on the distant examination centres creating uncertainty for the scholars. Nonetheless, the fee has eliminated such centres to stop this and create a merit-based examination course of.
The Provincial Civil Companies (PCS) Preliminary examination will probably be performed over two days, on December 7 and eight, whereas the Evaluation Officer (RO) and Assistant Evaluation Officer (ARO) Preliminary examination 2023 will probably be held in three shifts on December 22 and 23.
College students protested in opposition to the UPPSC choice to conduct the RO-ARO and PCS preliminary exams on totally different dates. The scholars held a sit in protest on the UPPSC headquarters in Prayagraj.
Sustaining that the first objective of the federal government and the Fee is to safeguard college students’ pursuits and guarantee choice primarily based on benefit, the spokesperson of the fee talked about that they’ve acquired a letter from candidates informing them that sure Telegram channels and YouTubers are conspiring to postpone the UPPSC examination. These channels are spreading confusion concerning the normalisation course of and are deceptive candidates. Nonetheless, many candidates, for whom each the examination and timing are essential, have expressed assist for the fee’s choice.
The spokesperson notified that to make sure the integrity and high quality of exams, solely authorities or funded instructional establishments positioned inside a 10-km radius of a bus stand, railway station or treasury, and with no historical past of suspicion, controversy or blacklisting, are being designated as examination centres.
The exams will probably be held for over 5,00,000 candidates in a number of shifts to keep up its integrity and high quality. The normalisation course of is performed for evaluating the outcomes when exams are held throughout a number of days or shifts for a single commercial.
(With inputs from PTI)