It바카라s been nearly a decade since Dharamveer Singh, 31, began trying to crack the UP Provincial Civil Service (PCS) exam. A native of Gorakhpur, he did an MSc from Allahabad University, and thereafter, has been working relentlessly with one mission. He was called for an intÂerview in the year 2013 after he cleared the prelims and the mains, but he couldn바카라t make it to the final list. The rejections didn바카라t dampen his spirits. But a sequence of events that began in 2015 clearly affected him.
Allegations on the fairness of how the exam was conducted began doing the rounds in 2015, inviting a CBI probe. The probe caused delays in the subsequent exam process. The final results of the 2016 exam haven바카라t been announced to this day! Despite this result freeze, the processes for the 2017 and 2018 exams were started, and the aspirants, clueless about their 2016 scores, had no choice but to write those exams too.
바카라I feel as if I am running without a finish line. It has made me so negative,바카라 says Dharamveer, who recently appÂeared for the interview of the 2016 exam바카라which was conducted only in December last year. But without any certainty of results, he also appeared for the 2017 and 2018 exams. Fortunately, Dharamveer has a stable financial background, but others are not so lucky. There are some who have taken loans to pay for coaching classes and related expenses. Tough competition was the only thing they thought they needed to beat, but now, many of them stare at helplessness. The CBI filed an FIR last year against UP public service commission officials, alleging irrÂegularities in the exam conduct.
The PCS is not the only exam affÂected. The recruitment exam for primary school teachers in 2018, for 68,500 posts, is also being probed by the CBI. The Allahabad High Court ordered the probe after aspirants allÂeged corruption in the conduct of the exam. In addÂition, the answers to some questions in these public exams are often disputable, and have prompted petitions in court, leading to delays, even cancellations and re-schedulings of exams.
This rot is not limited to UP but gnaws at the systems in several other states. Consider Haryana. Last year, offÂicials of the Haryana Staff Selection Commission were arrested for running a cash-for-job racket. Having prior accÂess to the results, they바카라d call the successful candidates and extort money from them claiming they바카라d ensure their selection. Anything between Rs 3-6 lakh were charged from the candidates who had applied for clerical level positions. In other exams, there are operational delays. Notifications for the recruitments of district PROs and naib tehsildars were issued way back in 2015, but the exam is yet to take place.
South India seems equally plagued. In Telangana, the Hyderabad HC stayed the result of the Telangana State Public Services Commission Group-2 exam after a PIL was filed alleging irregularities. The state government had faced embÂarrassment after the 2017 EngÂineering, Agricultural and Medical Common Test too. The paper got leaked and had to be re-conducted.
Upen Yadav, the president of the Rajasthan Ekikrit Berozgar Mahasangh, an association working for the cause of the unemployed, has been part of many a legal battle to help the aspirants secure jobs. He recounts how the recruitment of 33,000 shiksha sahÂayaks (junior teachers) has been caught in legal wrangles since 2013 Âbecause of state policies. The exam saw more than 5 lakh applicants. 바카라Since 2013, at least 26 of the aspirants for the posts have committed suicide,바카라 says Yadav.
바카라The situation is terrible. In Rajasthan, first the students protest for notifications to be issued, then they protest for the results, then joining and then they fight it before a single-judge bench, then a division bench, and then the Supreme Court,바카라 he adds, citing the example of the Rajasthan Eligibility Exam for Teachers (REET)-2018 that went to court becaÂuse of disputes over answers. 바카라People get engaged for marriage when they are selected. But when the courts put a stay on the joining, the Âengagements are called off.바카라
