Dimapur, January 12 (MExN): In a set of demands to the Nagaland Public Service Commission (NPSC), the Naga Students Federation has declared that no examination would be allowed to be conducted till such time the latest NPSC hullabaloo is settled.
Following the recent boycott of the NPSC CTE examinations, NSF and ASU executives met with the commission to resolve the matter. However, no resolution could be arrived at “due to the NPSC officials’ inability to accept the grievances of the aggrieved aspiring candidates” the NSF stated in a note issued by its vice president Charles Lotha and speaker Cusayi Lohe. Considering the matter, the NSF set a number of demands. The demands include cancellation and invalidation of ‘the examination’, rescheduling the same, and that “sufficient time be given to the candidates and prior information” and “precisely stating when and where the examination will be conducted.”
“With effect from this publication, till the demands are met, the examination will not be allowed to be conducted and if in the event of the occurrence of any untoward incident, the NPSC will be held solely responsible” the NSF warned.
NPSC on examination
The NPSC issued a notification today reminded that the commission has decided to resume the said examinations on the 14th and 15th of January as already scheduled. The examination for Agriculture paper-II, Mining Engineering paper-II, Electronics paper-II and Mechanical Engineering (degree) paper-II which were scheduled for January 12 has been rescheduled to January 16, 9am to 12am.
“To ensure peaceful conduct of the said examination, the commission appeals to the general public and to the candidates to cooperate and exercise maximum restraint so as not to disrupt the same” appealed the notification issued by NPSC secretary Dellirose M Sakhrie.
Agri students refute
An organization by the name of “Agricultural Students’ of Nagaland” has refuted the NPSC’s statement that ‘only a handful’ of civil engineering students are boycotting the combined technical examinations. Stating that the commission’s statement is false and baseless, the “Agricultural Students’ of Nagaland” expressed support for the boycott. The ‘association’ in a note from its ‘president’ also queried the commission to “give strong reasons” why the candidates were directed to write their names in the answer script. Further clarification is demanded why descriptive questions were included in spite of clear instructions from the commission that only objective and short-type questions will be included in the optional papers. The ‘association’ quoted the NPSC secretary in the media that only objective and short-answer type questions are being set… “which is totally false and baseless in spite of the fact that the questions were composed of descriptive type.”
