It appears that CGLE, 2013 is heading towards cancellation and chances of saving the examination appear to be very remote.
I just had access to the Delhi Police report on alleged leak of question papers. I had posted earlier, several weeks ago, that if the SSC was convinced of large scale leakage of question papers before the examination day, they should cancel the examination and hold it again. It appears from scanty reports on Delhi police investigations that large scale leakage has been alleged. It is not known whether such leak is before or during the examination but this does not appear to be relevant at this stage.
Regaining confidence of millions of unemployed youth in the competitive examinations in general and SSC examinations in particular is the need of the hour. If Police and CBI reports allege large scale leak it will be appropriate to cancel the examination and any other action is not desirable.
It is not known whether SSC has proposed holding of re-examination or outright cancellation of the examination and clubbing the vacancies with the 2014 examination or any other step, such as restoration of Tier III as in the original notice. Now that the 2014 examination has been notified there are not many choices.
The issue is no longer in SSC’s domain but has become wider. I would like to urge the candidates who still have age to appear for the other examinations, including the SSC’s, to try to move on in life and apply for such examinations. Many of them have incurred huge financial losses as they had left or foregone lucrative jobs in the private or bank sector to prepare for securing a government job through the CGL 2013. But realities now stare at their face and they have to accept them. Move on in life. Your preparation for CGL 2013 will not go waste and will help you in your struggle to get a government job and through it a livelihood, recognition and status.
My heart goes to those who are now overaged for the SSC and other examinations and for whom CGL 2013 was the last chance. SSC should try to obtain a one time relaxation in age limit by one year if they decide on outright cancellation of the examination and clubbing of vacancies with 2014 examination. This has been done in the past and DoPT may not have any objection. At least they will have another attempt at a competitive examination and a chance to secure a central government job.
Since 2011 onwards SSC has tried to battle the menace of malpractices in its examinations through various means, mostly successfully. It had also placed the danger and extent of the menace in public domain. I will be the last person to support results in an examination if there had been large scale attempts to vitiate the process in the examination in an organized way either through leaks or use of technology. Frequent rumours of change in the examination system could have also precipitated the situation and led to spread of attempts to vitiate the examination system on large scale in 2013 examinations, when such attempts were desultory till then.
I am worried about the larger dimensions of the issue namely faith of the candidates in the examination system. I understand that SSC is constituting an expert group to advise it on the issue including further restructuring of the examinations. As CGL 2014 has been notified, it will be appropriate for SSC to issue a corrigendum that at its option the examination, at least in Tier II, can be held online. This will help it curb malpractices in Tier II and separate qualifying marks in each paper in Tier II will eliminate the candidates who may resort to questionable means in Tier I.
I find from a post of Mr Sunil Ranjan that SSC has taken the policy decision to allot candidates to various posts and leave state allotment to the departments. I wish the policy decision, very important from candidates’ perspective, had been incorporated in the Stenographers Examination 2013 in which, according to Mr Ranjan, no state option was sought.
I still wish that a miracle happens and saves CGL 2013. But at this stage it appears to be wishful thinking.
I just had access to the Delhi Police report on alleged leak of question papers. I had posted earlier, several weeks ago, that if the SSC was convinced of large scale leakage of question papers before the examination day, they should cancel the examination and hold it again. It appears from scanty reports on Delhi police investigations that large scale leakage has been alleged. It is not known whether such leak is before or during the examination but this does not appear to be relevant at this stage.
Regaining confidence of millions of unemployed youth in the competitive examinations in general and SSC examinations in particular is the need of the hour. If Police and CBI reports allege large scale leak it will be appropriate to cancel the examination and any other action is not desirable.
It is not known whether SSC has proposed holding of re-examination or outright cancellation of the examination and clubbing the vacancies with the 2014 examination or any other step, such as restoration of Tier III as in the original notice. Now that the 2014 examination has been notified there are not many choices.
The issue is no longer in SSC’s domain but has become wider. I would like to urge the candidates who still have age to appear for the other examinations, including the SSC’s, to try to move on in life and apply for such examinations. Many of them have incurred huge financial losses as they had left or foregone lucrative jobs in the private or bank sector to prepare for securing a government job through the CGL 2013. But realities now stare at their face and they have to accept them. Move on in life. Your preparation for CGL 2013 will not go waste and will help you in your struggle to get a government job and through it a livelihood, recognition and status.
My heart goes to those who are now overaged for the SSC and other examinations and for whom CGL 2013 was the last chance. SSC should try to obtain a one time relaxation in age limit by one year if they decide on outright cancellation of the examination and clubbing of vacancies with 2014 examination. This has been done in the past and DoPT may not have any objection. At least they will have another attempt at a competitive examination and a chance to secure a central government job.
Since 2011 onwards SSC has tried to battle the menace of malpractices in its examinations through various means, mostly successfully. It had also placed the danger and extent of the menace in public domain. I will be the last person to support results in an examination if there had been large scale attempts to vitiate the process in the examination in an organized way either through leaks or use of technology. Frequent rumours of change in the examination system could have also precipitated the situation and led to spread of attempts to vitiate the examination system on large scale in 2013 examinations, when such attempts were desultory till then.
I am worried about the larger dimensions of the issue namely faith of the candidates in the examination system. I understand that SSC is constituting an expert group to advise it on the issue including further restructuring of the examinations. As CGL 2014 has been notified, it will be appropriate for SSC to issue a corrigendum that at its option the examination, at least in Tier II, can be held online. This will help it curb malpractices in Tier II and separate qualifying marks in each paper in Tier II will eliminate the candidates who may resort to questionable means in Tier I.
I find from a post of Mr Sunil Ranjan that SSC has taken the policy decision to allot candidates to various posts and leave state allotment to the departments. I wish the policy decision, very important from candidates’ perspective, had been incorporated in the Stenographers Examination 2013 in which, according to Mr Ranjan, no state option was sought.
I still wish that a miracle happens and saves CGL 2013. But at this stage it appears to be wishful thinking.