Mohammed Younus/ Hyderabad : With the Centre deciding to delink English comprehensive language component of paper II in the civil services preliminary examination from grading, students in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have contended that the provision of delinking English would in no way benefit themnor those coming from other regional language backgrounds.
Though the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has not yet given a directive to notify the changes, students are in a dilemma over the conduct of the preliminary examination scheduled to be held on August 24. Agitating UPSC aspirants in the city said that the inclusion of Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) in preliminary examination itself was not a wise step. A UPSC aspirant Vinay Kumar said that if the Centre gives relaxation for Hindi language students, it would amount to depriving benefits (ranks/marks) to students from other regional language backgrounds.
He said, “English comprehension part contains questions in Hindi and English, and no other language and if at all any relaxation is given, Hindi students alone stand to benefit from the order.” He said that interpreting the tough English pattern would be a difficult job for students who studied in regional languages. IAS Academy’s Honorary Director Laxmaiah said that if the central government or UPSC wanted to give relaxation, it should include all regional languages in CSAT examination or else scrap it altogether. He said, “Including only Hindi in English comprehensive test amounts to discrimination amongst other regional languages and it lacks uniformity.”
The administrative efficiency must be tested, but not the language skills as far as selection of IAS officers is concerned, he added.
He said that the current decision-makers in UPSC have designed CSAT pattern in such a way that it values mathematics and language skills, but not administrative skills and general studies. Only students from IITs, IIMs and other top institutions can get through the preliminary examination using this pattern, he added.
Though the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has not yet given a directive to notify the changes, students are in a dilemma over the conduct of the preliminary examination scheduled to be held on August 24. Agitating UPSC aspirants in the city said that the inclusion of Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) in preliminary examination itself was not a wise step. A UPSC aspirant Vinay Kumar said that if the Centre gives relaxation for Hindi language students, it would amount to depriving benefits (ranks/marks) to students from other regional language backgrounds.
He said, “English comprehension part contains questions in Hindi and English, and no other language and if at all any relaxation is given, Hindi students alone stand to benefit from the order.” He said that interpreting the tough English pattern would be a difficult job for students who studied in regional languages. IAS Academy’s Honorary Director Laxmaiah said that if the central government or UPSC wanted to give relaxation, it should include all regional languages in CSAT examination or else scrap it altogether. He said, “Including only Hindi in English comprehensive test amounts to discrimination amongst other regional languages and it lacks uniformity.”
The administrative efficiency must be tested, but not the language skills as far as selection of IAS officers is concerned, he added.
He said that the current decision-makers in UPSC have designed CSAT pattern in such a way that it values mathematics and language skills, but not administrative skills and general studies. Only students from IITs, IIMs and other top institutions can get through the preliminary examination using this pattern, he added.
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