7 days' deadline given for re-evaluating MSC (Prelims)
Source: Hueiyen News Service / NNN
Imphal, May 21 2014 :
All Manipur Tribal Students Union, Manipur (ATSUM-Tombing, All Manipur Muslim Girl's Student Union, United Minority and Student's Federation of North East Education and social Upliftment Department and Joint Student Co-ordinating Committee (JSCC) have expressed their resentment over the farcical situation created by the negligence of the Manipur Public Service Commission (MPSC) regarding the 2014 Preliminary examination results.
While JSCC has apprised the Governor of Manipur, All Manipur Muslim Girl's Student Union, United Minority and Student's Federation of North East Education and Social Upliftment Department have given seven days time to re-evaluate the examination papers and threatened to launch intense agitations in case of failure.
Meanwhile, ATSUM-Tombing has urged Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh to cancel the results altogether and call for fresh recruitment.
In its representation to the Chief Minister, ATSUM said, "The people's trust and faith is gaining tremendously on MPSC for fairness in selection of candidates on merit basis during the recently declared MPSC-CSE examinations.
But it is indeed disappointing that there has been a hue and cry from candidates in the recently declared MPSC CSE prelims 2014 on 15 to 16 questions which do not correspond to the answer keys" .
ATSUM then said that it is beyond one's imaginations as to why such a blunder was committed by the questions setters of a prestigious autonomous body like MPSC.
In case of inadvertent mistake in one or two question is an exceptional case but errors in 15 to 16 answer keys is a mockery quite fit to be laughed at in such an era of sophisticated computer, ATSUM added.
"It is pertinent to note the modus operandi of MPSC in giving ample room to suspect favouritism, nepotism and culture of corruption in the selection process.
Either UPSC or MPSC has never created such a history of declaring the examination results in phase wise as is the case with MPSC this time leaving a specious room for foul play," ATSUM representation to the Chief Minister asserted.
According to ATSUM, 70% of questions being copy pasted from the UPSC exam from 2000-2013, subject experts must have encouraged their respective candidates to copy the spelling of KETTLE.
It is a disgrace and dishonour in the realm of a competitive world, the tribal student body felt.
To maintain the standard of MPSC and avoid legal complication, the Government is fervently beseeched to cancel the aforesaid examination and call for fresh examination to do justice to both successful and unsuccessful candidates, the tribal student body added.