Odisha police sub-inspector examination for 282 posts postponed once more over tech glitch

By Express News Service

BHUBANESWAR: The re-examination of Combined Police Service Examination-2018 (CPSE) paper I for 282 posts of sub-inspector (SI) in Odisha Police was postponed on Saturday after glitches within the software program had been reported in a couple of centres, fuelling resentment among the many candidates.

Odisha Police Recruitment Board Chairman Sudhansu Sarangi stated that the check was postponed as a consequence of some software program points for which the candidates had been dealing with difficulties in downloading the query papers.
Acknowledging the inconvenience confronted by the candidates, he asserted that none will likely be denied the chance to look for the examination. The candidates will likely be despatched an e-mail to tell them in regards to the rescheduled date of the examination, which has been postponed twice in final two months.

“The applications for the posts of SI were invited in 2018. It has been over four years, but we are yet to appear for the examinations for which we have worked very hard,” stated a candidate exterior a centre in Bhubaneswar.

Another candidate from Balasore stated he had come to the Capital City in July for the examination however it was postponed as a consequence of some technical glitches. “I had to come from Balasore again to appear for the re-examination but it has been postponed again,” he added.  

The candidates expressed their displeasure over the postponement and demanded that they need to be allowed to look for the examinations of their house districts. They had earlier additionally skilled difficulties in downloading the admit playing cards probably as a consequence of bandwidth points.

Odisha Police had earlier floated a young to outsource the examination course of and Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited had gained the bid. Sources stated the police are actually mulling to conduct the examination by way of OMR sheets.

Last 12 months, the State authorities granted permission to Odisha Police to recruit sub-inspectors after a spot of 27 years. The Odisha Staff Selection Commission (OSSC) had taken over the duty to recruit SIs in 1994 following allegations of corruption by some recruiters within the police division. However, the federal government constituted a brand new recruitment board in Odisha Police to recruit the SIs owing to the inordinate delay by the OSSC to carry the exams for final a number of years.

BHUBANESWAR: The re-examination of Combined Police Service Examination-2018 (CPSE) paper I for 282 posts of sub-inspector (SI) in Odisha Police was postponed on Saturday after glitches within the software program had been reported in a couple of centres, fuelling resentment among the many candidates.

Odisha Police Recruitment Board Chairman Sudhansu Sarangi stated that the check was postponed as a consequence of some software program points for which the candidates had been dealing with difficulties in downloading the query papers.
Acknowledging the inconvenience confronted by the candidates, he asserted that none will likely be denied the chance to look for the examination. The candidates will likely be despatched an e-mail to tell them in regards to the rescheduled date of the examination, which has been postponed twice in final two months.

“The applications for the posts of SI were invited in 2018. It has been over four years, but we are yet to appear for the examinations for which we have worked very hard,” stated a candidate exterior a centre in Bhubaneswar.

Another candidate from Balasore stated he had come to the Capital City in July for the examination however it was postponed as a consequence of some technical glitches. “I had to come from Balasore again to appear for the re-examination but it has been postponed again,” he added.  

The candidates expressed their displeasure over the postponement and demanded that they need to be allowed to look for the examinations of their house districts. They had earlier additionally skilled difficulties in downloading the admit playing cards probably as a consequence of bandwidth points.

Odisha Police had earlier floated a young to outsource the examination course of and Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited had gained the bid. Sources stated the police are actually mulling to conduct the examination by way of OMR sheets.

Last 12 months, the State authorities granted permission to Odisha Police to recruit sub-inspectors after a spot of 27 years. The Odisha Staff Selection Commission (OSSC) had taken over the duty to recruit SIs in 1994 following allegations of corruption by some recruiters within the police division. However, the federal government constituted a brand new recruitment board in Odisha Police to recruit the SIs owing to the inordinate delay by the OSSC to carry the exams for final a number of years.