MPPSC blacklists 7 senior professors
BHOPAL: THE ALLEGED GOOF UP PROMPTED THE JABALPUR HC TO PUT A STAY ON ANNOUNCING THE RESULTS, CAUSING EMBARRASSMENT TO THE COMMISSION
The Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission (MPPSC) has blacklisted seven senior professors of reputable institutions across the country from setting its question papers for allegedly releasing wrong model answers of the state civil services preliminary exam-2018, commission officials said on Sunday.
“We can’t disclose the names of the senior professors to maintain confidentiality but the letters (informing them of the commission’s decision) have been sent to them,” said Dinesh Jain, exam controller of the MPPSC.
According to commission sources, these professors have been associated with paper setting for the MPPSC for a long time.
In the exam, conducted in February this year, there were about 10 multiple-choice questions. Activists and students said that in the model answer sheet released on the commission’s website on February 23, answers to five questions were wrong. The commission received 849 objections. It then released another model answer sheet on March 12. But it also contained five objective questions for which there could be multiple answers, the students said. Over two lakh candidates appeared for the exam.
The alleged goof up prompted the Jabalpur high court to put a stay on the announcement of results, causing a major embarrassment to the commission. The court’s order came after some of the candidates filed a petition with the court.
“Besides, different answers were given to the same question in the two sets of the model answer sheet,” alleged a candidate Nilesh Kumar Mishra. He was among the candidates who filed the petition in the high court.
The candidates and activists are now demanding action against the MPPSC administration.
“MPPSC conducted the recruitment exam for Class II and above posts. They should act responsibly. They put the future of hundreds of students at stake,” said Akshay Hunka, a social activist, who is holding a protest against the alleged irregularities.
“The MPPSC committed a forgery by changing the second model answer sheet on the website without any notification,” alleged Hunka.
The MPPSC’s exam controller, however, played down the controversy.
“The people are unnecessarily trying to defame the commission. There was confusion in the answers as well as in some questions and that’s why the commission blacklisted seven professors. Apart from this, everything happened according to the rules,” Jain said.