Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, February 16 2009:
The Manipur Students� Federation (MSF) today has submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister, O Ibobi drawing his attention to the amendment of Manipur Civil Services Combined Competitive Examination Rules, 2008 so as to make the short listing of candidates for the mains examination at least in the ratio of 1:11 or 1:13 possible.
In the memorandum, the students body reminded that the Manipur Civil Services Combined Competitive Examination, 2008 had been conducted under the Manipur Civil Services Combined Competitive Examination Rules, 2008 for selecting candidates for the main examination for recruitment of 92 posts for services like the MCS, MPS, MFS, SDC, MSS (Manipur Secretariat Services) and Election officer (EO).
A provision of the rules stated that the number of candidates to be admitted to the mains examination is five times the number of vacancies which MSF consider to be contrasting to the normal practices of selecting 12-20 times the number of vacancies for admission to the mains examinations as follow by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and many other state service commission.
The new rules of the 2008 is also contrasted with the MCSCC exam rules farmed in 2005 which was also in the ratio 1:15, the memorandum said observing that in the normal practice of selecting candidates that is 12-20 times the number of vacancies from the preliminary examination stage to the main examination is highly desirable and acceptable as the nature of questions of the preliminary examination is of objective type without negative marking.
The examination rules of 2008 were also not aware to the candidates neither before the issuing preliminary examination forms nor before the commencement of the said examination.
If the Chief Minister takes initiative in amending the rules, it will serve the interest of the aspiring candidates far better in particular and the students� community in general, MSF stated in the memorandum.