Mohammed Younus/ Hyderabad : A large number of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) aspirants from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have decided to opt out of preliminary exam in view of the Centre’s decision to do away with English comprehension marks. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) had recently issued a circular stating that marks secured in English comprehension in paper-2 of the preliminary examination would not be considered for rankings.
Protest Central decision to do away with English comprehension marks
The paper-2 of the preliminary examination consists of seven parts in which English comprehension carries 20 marks. Students from both States have been opposing the introduction of the Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) and demanded the GoI to scrap it completely. Peeved at the Central government’s decision, many students said that they have opted out of the exam after the GoI increased the number of attempts by two times with a hope that there may be reforms from the NDA government before the notification is issued.
One such aspirant K Venkat Goud said, “Central government has given extra attempts for the Civil services exam and I will not appear this time because the examination pattern will surely help Hindi and English medium students.” Another student Rajendar Kumar said that all the segments of preliminary examination paper-2 are in English and Hindi and the last part, English comprehension, was only in English language, which would not be considered for the purpose of ranking. “Students from the South get a good score in English comprehension, but that itself is abolished now owing to pressure from lobbied in north India.
For candidates like us, it will be a waste of energies if we write the examination,” he said. With only two days left for the conduct of preliminary examination i.e. on August 24, some students however want to give it a try by appearing in the examination. On the other hand, experts imparting training for civil services aspirants have expressed their ire at the UPSC’s decision to continue with CSAT in 2014. It was introduced in 2011, by scrapping the optional papers. R C Reddy IAS Academy Director R C Reddy said that the non-English and non-Hindi background students would be put to irreparable loss due to the present pattern of exam for paper 2.
“Our students were able to score good in English comprehension because it was language comprehension and questions asked were only in English, but the remaining part of the CSAT is in Hindi and English which is favourable for students coming from Hindi language background.” Reddy said that non-mathematic background students were also at a disadvantage because of this pattern. He questioned the civil services authorities for including mathematical aptitude test instead of administrative aptitude in the exam pattern. “The pattern of examination itself is designed in such a way that it eliminates non-Hindi students, mostly south Indians,” he added.
4Protest Central decision to do away with English comprehension marks
The paper-2 of the preliminary examination consists of seven parts in which English comprehension carries 20 marks. Students from both States have been opposing the introduction of the Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) and demanded the GoI to scrap it completely. Peeved at the Central government’s decision, many students said that they have opted out of the exam after the GoI increased the number of attempts by two times with a hope that there may be reforms from the NDA government before the notification is issued.One such aspirant K Venkat Goud said, “Central government has given extra attempts for the Civil services exam and I will not appear this time because the examination pattern will surely help Hindi and English medium students.” Another student Rajendar Kumar said that all the segments of preliminary examination paper-2 are in English and Hindi and the last part, English comprehension, was only in English language, which would not be considered for the purpose of ranking. “Students from the South get a good score in English comprehension, but that itself is abolished now owing to pressure from lobbied in north India.
For candidates like us, it will be a waste of energies if we write the examination,” he said. With only two days left for the conduct of preliminary examination i.e. on August 24, some students however want to give it a try by appearing in the examination. On the other hand, experts imparting training for civil services aspirants have expressed their ire at the UPSC’s decision to continue with CSAT in 2014. It was introduced in 2011, by scrapping the optional papers. R C Reddy IAS Academy Director R C Reddy said that the non-English and non-Hindi background students would be put to irreparable loss due to the present pattern of exam for paper 2.
“Our students were able to score good in English comprehension because it was language comprehension and questions asked were only in English, but the remaining part of the CSAT is in Hindi and English which is favourable for students coming from Hindi language background.” Reddy said that non-mathematic background students were also at a disadvantage because of this pattern. He questioned the civil services authorities for including mathematical aptitude test instead of administrative aptitude in the exam pattern. “The pattern of examination itself is designed in such a way that it eliminates non-Hindi students, mostly south Indians,” he added.
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