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GP exam: confusion reigns at centres

Staff Reporter

It was misunderstanding on the part of candidates, says KPSC

— Photo: Bhagya Prakash K.

Agitated: Candidates appearing for the Gram Panchayat Secretary Grade II post examination arguing with the police at a centre in Bangalore on Saturday.

BANGALORE: Confusion prevailed at hundreds of centres across the State on Saturday where examination for special and general papers for selection of Gram Panchayat Secretary Grade II posts are to be held on Sunday.

The Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) has scheduled the examination of compulsory Kannada paper for those who have not studied the language on Saturday; special paper and general knowledge for Grade II posts on Sunday, and special and general knowledge paper for Grade I posts on July 5.

Hundreds of candidates gathered near the centres to write the Kannada paper, and were surprised to see no arrangements made for the examination. Angry candidates shouted slogans against the KPSC.

The KPSC has clarified that the examinations on Sunday and July 5 would be held as scheduled.

Misunderstanding

KPSC authorities, however, said it was misunderstanding on the part of the candidates that caused the mess. KPSC secretary V.B. Patil told The Hindu that the information booklet issued along with the application form and the admission tickets clearly indicated that those who have studied Kannada as a language in SSLC/PUC/ degree or those who studied in Kannada medium till SSLC were exempt from writing the compulsory Kannada paper.

Further, the admission tickets of candidates who were exempted from writing the compulsory Kannada paper did not bear the name and place of the venue. It were these candidates who got confused and turned up at the examination centres, Mr. Patil said.

While 1.82 lakh candidates were supposed to write the examination for Grade II posts, 1.25 lakh were supposed to write the Grade I examination. Of these, only 32,000 candidates were to write the compulsory Kannada paper and their admission tickets clearly indicated the examination centres and address, Mr. Patil added.

“Had we come across this confusion prior to the compulsory Kannada paper examination, we would have clarified on that,” he said.

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