Odisha Civil Services aspirants fear as different examinations conflict with prelims

By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha Civil Services (OCS) aspirants are apprehensive of shedding out on the chance to seem the Prelim Exam-2020 because it clashes with a number of different State and national-level examinations, together with the UPSC viva-voce at New Delhi.

While the UPSC scheduled the interview of short-listed candidates from August 2 to September 22 and notified the dates a lot prematurely, the OPSC has just lately issued discover to conduct the prelims on August 27. Besides, a number of Central in addition to State recruiting businesses have additionally scheduled varied examinations, together with Combined Graduate Level (CGL) examination and Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) examination on August 24, Revenue Inspector (RI) examination on August 29.

“Conducting OCS prelims during UPSC viva-voce will deprive many who have cleared the mains and are camping at Delhi, from appearing in the State exam. This is against the State government’s policy of facilitating young aspirants to get into the all India services in large numbers,” rued an aspirant. 

The Agricultural Scientist Recruitment Board has additionally scheduled the check for the submit of Senior Technical Officer (STO) and the OUAT college students shall be debarred from both of the  exams if the OCS examination will not be rescheduled. The PG examinations of universities are additionally coinciding with OCS prelims.

“Unlike UPSC, the OPSC has been conducting preliminary examinations before the publication of previous year’s final merit list. This deprives many from appearing for the mains examination as many recommended candidates get qualified for mains but they mostly do not appear if they have already got their desired service,” identified Rajat Kumar Mishra, an aspirant.

Citing that the vaccination protection among the many 18-44 years age group will not be encouraging and numerous OCS candidates are but to be vaccinated, the aspirants have requested Chief Minister, Chief Secretary and OPSC Chairman Satyajit Mohanty to defer the prelims and conduct after declaration of final examination’s advantage record.

They have additionally appealed to carry the examination on a vacation as was the observe earlier, as an alternative of a working day in order that candidates employed in each authorities and personal sectors can seem with out searching for go away.