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UPSC Civil Service Aspirants to get one more attempt? MPs back demands of candidates

Various lawmakrs are backing the UPSC Civil Services aspirants’s demands for another chance. Speaking about the candidates who were affected by the abrupt changes in the paper pattern between 2011 and 2015, members of Parliament stated that it was not fair that the changes by government should affect people’s careers. As such, all such candidates must be given another chance to attempt the UPSC Civil Services Examination.

Uniting in their opinions, MPs from different parties agreed that the candidates must be given another chance. Around 100 UPSC aspirants protested on the Parliament Street, seeking another attempt - even though they have crossed the mandated age limit as per the category requirements for the UPSC examinations. The candidates were affected by the introduction of CSAT.

UPSC has introduced CSAT in 2011, which affected candidates from Hindi and Humanities background. Under the CSAT, candidates were quizzed on questions from English, Maths and Science, which left many candidates with the disadvantage.

As per the report published by PTI, the MPs lead by CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said 'they have raised the issue several times and written to the government but the response has been "callous"'. He further adds that 'UPSC rules were changed in the past too in 1979 and in 1992 and on both the occasions, aspirants affected by the changes were allowed to appear for the exam held under the new rules.

"I think this is inhuman because these youngsters are the future of our country. If these youngsters are denied the opportunity then you are having an elitist bias and promoting regional imbalances. We want the government to reconsider this and give these aspirants another chance," said Yechury to PTI.

Voicing the concerns fo the students, Pradeep note that the sudden changes has affected candidates who appeared for various UPSC examinations between 2011 and 2015. He quotes Arun S Nigavekar Committee set up by the the Commission and UPSC's own annual report, stating that the report clearly states that "due to CSAT, selection of students from regional languages and from humanities background has declined during 2011-2014"..

From 2011 to 2014 the CSAT examination was competitive with the marks scores by candidates directly impacting teh final seelction. This was, however, changed in 2015 when CSAT was made qualifying in nature. The frequent changes in the exam pattern of UPSC Examinations has been called discriminatory in nature.

Speaking to PTI, Pradeep said, "In 2015, UPSC made the CSAT qualifying in nature. Because of these frequent changes in exam pattern and discriminatory nature of CSAT we lost many precious attempts to appear in the exam during this period. We demand due justice from the government. We are not asking for any job, rather we want a chance to compete."

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