62 percent candidates remained absent in Uttarakhand Secretariat Guard Recruitment Examination
Dehradun (IANS) | In the first secretariat guard recruitment exam after the UKSSSC paper leak case, now it seems that the youth have lost faith. This is the reason that 62 percent of the candidates remained absent in the first secretariat guard recruitment examination after the paper leak. Admit cards were issued to 25,806 candidates for this examination, out of which a total of 9,939 i.e. 37.9 percent candidates appeared in all the centres. 15,867 (62.10 per cent) candidates remained absent from the examination. Uttarakhand Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UKSSSC) conducted the Secretariat Guard recruitment exam only after 10 months of the paper leak case, in which 62 percent candidates remained absent. The commission conducted the examination amid tight security arrangements.
On Sunday, the Commission conducted the Secretariat Guard Recruitment Examination in 11:00 am to 1:00 pm shift at 62 centers in Almora, Dehradun, Nainital and Pauri. Admit cards were issued to 25,806 candidates for the examination, out of which a total of 9,939 i.e. 37.9 per cent candidates appeared in all the centres. 15,867 (62.10 per cent) candidates remained absent from the examination. The examination was conducted peacefully at all the centres.
In Almora, 760 out of 2,315 took the exam at seven centres. In Dehradun, 6,159 out of 15,642 took the exam at 34 centres. In Nainital, 2,359 out of 5,628 appeared in 12 centers and in Pauri Garhwal, 661 out of 2,221 appeared in nine centres. Apart from the paper leak in the past, the tight security system this time is also being considered as the reason behind the absence of such a large number of candidates. However, the chairman of the commission, GS Mertolia, says that the examination has been done with complete transparency, fairness.
Commission Chairman GS Mertolia said that biometric attendance was taken at the examination centers to maintain fairness. The exam was conducted under the surveillance of CCTV cameras. Jammers were installed in all the centres. The police gave entry to all the candidates only after checking them with metal detectors. Police, administration and education department jointly took responsibility for conducting the examination. According to the commission chairman, now all the upcoming examinations will be done on this pattern.
GS Martolia, Chairman, Uttarakhand Subordinate Services Selection Commission, said that the Subordinate Services Selection Commission has stood firmly only after 10 months of paper leak of several examinations including graduate level. The commission had earlier conducted this examination for 33 posts on 26 September 2021 at 107 centres. In this, 25,806 candidates out of 36,533 appeared. The exam was canceled by the commission after its paper was leaked. The last examination of the Commission was held on 31 July 2022 for the recruitment of Police Telecom. Since then, the examinations of the Commission were stuck due to the paper leak case coming to the fore. We have conducted the re-examination only after 10 months of the paper leak episode under tight security. For the examination, the Commission has undertaken wide-ranging internal reforms, which include personnel management as well as improvements in the internal structure and systems. The future examinations will be conducted on this pattern.
The Subordinate Services Selection Commission has also released its answer key late night after conducting the Guard (Secretariat Security Cadre) recruitment examination. Commission Secretary SS Rawat told that candidates can register their objections on this answer key till May 24. A link will be issued on the website from the morning of May 22 to register objections. For objection, the candidate will have to upload question, answer objection, representation, evidence. No objection will be accepted after May 24. After this, the commission will release the result of this examination. To view the objection and answer key, the website of the Commission is www.sssc.uk.
The link is available at ‘gov.in’.
