What is SSC (Staff Selection Commission)?
Staff Selection Commission holds recruitment examination of Group "B", "C" and
"D" posts in various Ministries /Departments/ Organisations under Central Government every
year.
What is SSC CGLE( Combined Graduate Level Examination)?
This examination
holds for various departments such as Central Secretariat, Intelligence
Bureau, Ministry of External Affairs, Income Tax, Excise and Custom, Central Bureau of Investigation, Directorate
of Enforcement, Department of Revenue, National Investigation Agency etc. Candidate
must be graduate for applying this
examination.
What is SSC CGLE selection process?
The Examination is conducted in three
tiers as indicated below:
Tier -I -- Written Examination (Objective
Multiple Choice Type), Total Marks- 200
Tier -II -- Written Examination (Objective
Multiple Choice Type), Total Marks- 400
Tier -III -- Personality Test cum
Interview/Computer Proficiency Test Total Marks-100
Click on this link to know whole selection
process detailed on page-13
Corruption & Malpractice at many stages in
Examinations
conducted by Staff Selection Commission in
Combined Graduate
Level Examination (SSC CGLE).
Stage 1.
SSC conducts examination in two or more shifts/batches on different days with
different sets of question papers for the
same recruitment examination CGLE. It has been observed by academicians and
candidates that question papers in different shifts are not of same difficulty
level for any given year. This year also in Tier1 of CGLE 2015 conducted on 9th
& 16th August same disparity has been noticed. 17 Lakhs candidates
appeared in this exam.
In
this reference, lakhs of complaints have been filed by aspirants to SSC ,Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT) and PMO which were finally redirected to SSC and SSC replied to every complaint & grievance the same that “Although different sets of question paper were used in
various shifts , due care was taken to ensure that these sets were by and large
of comparable standard.” See the status of one of the complaints.
A significant notice in
this context, dated Oct,2010 published
on SSC old website, in which previous Chairman of SSC states that “ The commission , with the help of experts, has
striven to construct question papers of comparable difficulty level. While such
an exercise is theoretically possible, in practice it is impossible to have two
or more question papers of identical difficulty levels. Even if the difficult
papers may be at a disadvantage
viz-a-vis others. Therefore, there is a need for equating of the marks in
examination involving multiple batches and question papers.” Refer page no-1.
Further notice proposes Equipercentile Equating Technique for normalization/ scaling / equalization of difficulty level of question paper. Click here to See PDF. The notice has been removed from the SSC Website after SSC started facing court cases against the disparity in question papers since Tier1,SSC CGLE 2014.
Further notice proposes Equipercentile Equating Technique for normalization/ scaling / equalization of difficulty level of question paper. Click here to See PDF. The notice has been removed from the SSC Website after SSC started facing court cases against the disparity in question papers since Tier1,SSC CGLE 2014.
In this reference several
RTIs were filed to know whether any normalization
or equalization technique is used in examination conducted in multiple batches in the last two years. Reply of RTI’s mentioned below which
clearly shows SSC doesn’t have any stand on normalization or equalization. It
seems SSC is not taking RTIs seriously.
Sr no
|
Date
|
RTI no
|
Reply
|
1
|
April,2015
|
SSCOM/R/2015/61250/2
|
|
2
|
18.08.2015
|
SSCOM/R/2015/63199/1
|
|
3
|
Sep,2015
|
SSCOM/R/2015/64145/1
|
Conclusion- Today, it can be stated that notice of previous chairman and SSC's stand on normalization
or equalization is not similar and somewhere SSC is not sincere enough to admit ,what exactly they follow, in it's RTI replies. Present examination process does not maintain equal standard of question papers
and no level playing field for all candidates. On the other hand, Banks ,Railways , CAT etc followed the process of normalization/equalization/scaling because they all take examination in different batches.
These exam bodies have also made their prelims exam qualifying in nature. Hence , it's marks will not be added further to the final merit score to avoid the disparity because of multiple batches even they follow normalization. A single mark difference can cause a loss of 1000 rank in the merit list in these examinations. Current SSC policy has no intentions to think about it.
These exam bodies have also made their prelims exam qualifying in nature. Hence , it's marks will not be added further to the final merit score to avoid the disparity because of multiple batches even they follow normalization. A single mark difference can cause a loss of 1000 rank in the merit list in these examinations. Current SSC policy has no intentions to think about it.
Stage 2. News of answer key leaks
of various examinations conducted by SSC is increasing day by day.Gang
members are caught by Police in Jodhpur, Delhi, Patna, Baghpat ,Rohtak and many
more covering all over India this year.
Also aspirants filed a case in Central Administrative Tribunal, New Delhi ,case no OA-4171/2013with OA-4378/2013 ,TA-48/2013, against cheating and answer key leaked by
mediators (Schools and some officials) . In this case, court ordered for
re-examination of CGLE 2013.
http://dnasyndication.com/showarticlerss.aspx?nid=3SbMe1Ua3dPuls2rNVjNcmtKp3xfJp948I0ZzHnioUenAS2w=
http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/lucknow-city-ssc-paper-leak-gang-reviled-12975932.html
http://rajasthanpatrika.patrika.com/story/rajasthan/ssc-paper-leak-gang-member-came-alwar-private-college-had-contact-1358759.html
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/TNN/articleshow/49238906.cms?
http://dnasyndication.com/showarticlerss.aspx?nid=3SbMe1Ua3dPuls2rNVjNcmtKp3xfJp948I0ZzHnioUenAS2w=
http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/lucknow-city-ssc-paper-leak-gang-reviled-12975932.html
http://rajasthanpatrika.patrika.com/story/rajasthan/ssc-paper-leak-gang-member-came-alwar-private-college-had-contact-1358759.html
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/TNN/articleshow/49238906.cms?
Conclusion - Since then SSC has not taken any steps
to curtail answer key leaks and cheating. Banks (IBPS & SBI) were facing the same
problems of answer key leaks then they introduced ONLINE examination and
Biometric System for transparency. All over India, examination bodies have started conducting
Online Exam but SSC has no intentions about it. Now is the time, to decide for how long SSC wants the cycle of answer key leaks further cancellation of papers & re-exams.
Stage 3. It is acceptable, if one or two questions are
wrong or misprinted but recently Tier 1,
CGLE 2015 was conducted on 9th & 16th Aug 2015 in morning and
evening shifts, total of 4 shifts. In
each of evening shifts, 8-9 questions were wrong in paper. One person can think
, it’s a blunder other can think that it is given intentionally and deliberately.
It seems that SSC is doing favouritism to some candidates of morning shifts.This
can be speculated because SSC did not give marks for wrong questions this year.
The
situation got worst when Question Papers of different batches were not even in the same format. Many
candidates got question papers without specific rough space to solve questions.
Also candidates are not allowed to have extra sheets inside examination hall.
Topper’s score in examination 2013 and 2014 in
prelims/Tier1 of CGLE were 165 & 166 marks respectively out of 200. A topper who scored 190.50 marks out of 200 in Prelims/Tier1, 2015 which is nearly impossible
to score in the examination because as per the news he appeared in the evening shift. The paper had 8-9 wrong questions. SSC and Media should arrange an interview of the topper to know his background and study planning that how he scored almost 100% in a national level competitive exam.
Conclusion - It shows that there is no expert committee in SSC to review question papers before examination. Also there is no post-examination analysis done by SSC about the mismanagement and the answer key leaks.
Stage 4. OMR
Sheet scam. In October ,after the Mains/Tier 2 of SSC CGLE 2015, series of news was
spread on Facebook page of SSC TUBE ( The largest internet forum for SSC preparation). It was
published and being viral on social
networks that some SSC officials fill OMR sheets which are left almost blank by the setter candidates, after OMR sheets come for scanning in SSC headquarters,New Delhi. SSC top
officials are aware about this corruption but are lethargic as usual. All links of the same news are given
below.
How come SSC TUBE was able to whistle about the big news?
What was the big news?
Answer-The post dated 29.10.15 has been removed but it somehow managed to get downloaded.
How come SSC TUBE was able to whistle about the big news?
What was the big news?
Answer-The post dated 29.10.15 has been removed but it somehow managed to get downloaded.
Readers may not find the supporting links working because of the sensitivity of issues ,in future.
Conclusion - SSC is losing its credibility and trust of lakhs of aspirants. All these allegations/misconduct/malpractices questioning the integrity of SSC as a National level examination body. It is requested from the concerned authorities of Indian Government to intervene in this matter and investigate professionally the OMR scam ,if there is any.
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