Morung Express News
September 3
Kohima: The Naga Students Federation has stated that the recent examination conducted by the Nagaland Public Service Commission has become another point of reference for the people of Nagaland to decry the incompetence of the premier recruiting agency in the State of Nagaland. “The number of irregularities detected by the aspiring candidates in the question papers of the NCS and Allied Services mains examination and the graduate Teachers examination prior to that are simply staggering, especially considering that the NPSC has done pretty little to allow the public to repose faith in them,” a press release issued by the NSF stated. While stating that the NPSC should ‘recognize and appreciate’ that the measures it had taken in this regard was only a small fraction in the whole process of restoration of justice, the student body has asserted that three weeks was ample time for the State recruiting agency to come up with a compatible question paper. Further, the NSF has said that any mistake committed by the “Professional Company” under the contract of the NPSC to set question papers is the sole responsibility of the latter.
In the light of the above development, the NPSC owes a detailed explanation and apology to the public at the earliest. Clarification should be made in the context of pre-emptive measures being taken by the NPSC to address issues being raised by aspiring candidates through the press media as well as to ensure that such irregularities do not happen again in the future,” the NSF release added. The NSF has also urged the Vigilance Commission to publicize the progress of its investigation into the NPSC scam in whatever way it deemed fit so that ‘such a revelation does not hinder the process of investigation.’
