2 weeks Ago By Rajiv Mani
Prayagraj: Authorities of UP Public Service Commission (UPPSC) have announced that the Combined State/Senior Subordinate Service (prelims) Examination-2024, commonly called PCS (Prelims), will be held in 41 districts of state on Dec 7 and 8. The exam will be held in two sessions: the first session from 9:30 am to 11:30 am and the second session from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. A total of 5,76,154 candidates have applied for the PCS (Pre) exam.
The Commission has taken this step in view of the number and capacity of examination centres sent by centre determination committees of all the districts of the state not being available as per the appropriate standard in relation to the number of candidates. In addition to this, the exam for Review Officer/Assistant Review Officer etc. (prelims) Examination-2023 will be conducted on Dec 22 and 23.
A total of 10,76,004 candidates have applied for this exam, which will be conducted in various districts of the state in the first shift from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and in the second shift from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm, and on Dec 23, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. The Commission has clarified that these are just the preliminary examinations, which are not the basis for determining merit for final admission and are conducted only for the purpose of screening. Due to the non-availability of examination centres as per the standards prescribed in the govt order, it has been decided to conduct them on multiple days/shifts.
Importantly, this is the first time that the Commission will be holding these exams in a month and that too in a difference of less than 20 days. Over 16.52 lakh candidates have registered for these exams.
The decision was taken after recommendation of a high-level committee of experts constituted to provide its recommendation by objectively reviewing the subject related to the evaluation process of examinations to be conducted on multiple days/shifts in relation to any one advertisement. Moreover, the committee, after studying different judgments passed in respect to conducting examinations by various govt agencies in the past, has recommended a formula for evaluation which has been made public by the Commission. The Commission has assured that as per the recommendations of the committee of experts constituted by the Commission, a set procedure will be adopted for evaluation in objective type examinations held on two or more days/shifts to ensure quality and transparency.
Since the procedure is designed on a computer-based software program, the process will be completed in a transparent manner, without any human interference in terms of evaluation..
