Mohammed Younus :
Student groups and unemployed youth find fault with the examination pattern prescribed by the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) for the Group II examinations. The major worry of the students seems to be the ‘interview’ component under Group II examinations. Student groups alleged that interview for the posts under Group II category would pave the way for bias and undue favours to the candidates.
A majority section of the students who have been preparing for the Group II examinations has opposed the move ever since it was proposed by the syllabus committee and the commission to the State government. Telangana Unemployed Youth Organisation convener G Kalyan said that by virtue of interview for the Group II examinations chances of undue favors would increase.
“It has happened in the past, when the State was not divided and N Kiran Kumar Reddy was Chief Minister, few members in the interview panel had favored some candidates”, he said. He alleged that interaction of the candidates with the interview panel members would definitely result in nepotism and candidates selected thus would not be on the basis of merit but other parameters altogether.
He demanded the State government to remove the interview part and make it completely written test based examination. On the other hand, the youth who have been preparing for the Group II category examinations are also wary of the interview. Parimal Srinivas alleged that the State government wanted to continue the same corruption tactics as in the past.
“Only the candidates with the strong political and social background or concrete backing of the panel members would get selected if interviews are made mandatory in these examinations”, he lamented. He said that instead of the interview, government should make it a complete merit based selection.
SFI secretary B Sambasiva said that students in Telangana have not been preparing for the Group II examinations keeping in view the interview part and all of a sudden this compulsion may dismantle their preparation of several months.
He said, “State government or TSPSC must hold talks with the students and student groups to include the interview for these examinations, otherwise, so many students may lose the test despite getting good marks in written test.”
About 12 categories of services are enlisted under Group II. The pattern of examination includes two parts, one being written test and the second part is interview. First part comprises of four components of 150 marks each and questions are multiple choice based.
Posts under Group II category
-Municipal Commissioner grade III
-Assistant Commercial Tax Officer
-Deputy Tehsildar
-Sub-Registrar grade II
-Junior Employment Officer
-Assistant Registrar
-Assistant Labour Officer
-Extension Officer (Rural Development)
-Excise Sub-Inspector
-Executive Officer grade II
-Assistant Development Officer
-Executive Officer grade I
-Pattern of Examination
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