Contract staff behind leaks

NO POLICE verification is conducted of these employees by the SSC or by the private companies holding the examination. These employees are the weakest links and most likely responsible for the paper leaks.

The SSC has also come under fire for the manner in which its exams are being conducted. A majority of the staff deployed during examinations, such as invigilators and security, are on contract and do not fear losing their jobs if accused of malpractice.

No police verification is conducted of these employees by the SSC or by the private companies holding the examination. These employees are the weakest links and most likely responsible for the paper leaks.

The other side of the racket is, it is being alleged that the vendors (companies that conduct the online examination) subcontract the examination centres. The vendors ask the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) to approve these centres as examination centres. These private examination centres encourage malpractices through remote access or by providing answer keys during the examination. In majority of the examination centres, seldom are any SSC official deployed.

The candidates who are protesting against the whole system of conducting these examinations say that since the current exam vendor is under suspicion due to various allegations, there must be a stay on the examination to be conducted in the coming days, that is, the SSC Combined Higher Level Secondary, to be held in March and the CGL 2017 Tier 2 re-exam also in March.