UPSC exam pattern discriminatory: CM
By Express News Service - CHENNAI
14th March 2013 07:54 AM
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Four major changes in the recent exam notification would adversely affect aspirants from Tamil Nadu. (Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa/PTI file)
Terming the recent exam notification issued by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) as “retrograde” and “highly discriminatory”, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday, said it appeared to be a calculated move to bias the system against civil service aspirants from non-Hindi speaking regions of the country.
“I apprehend that these retrograde changes brought in by the UPSC without adequate consultation with State governments are undemocratic and unilateral and will have the effect of denying the youth of Tamil Nadu their fair chance of representation in the civil services, and ultimately, hamper the governance of the country,” the letter to the Prime Minister read.
As per the letter, four major changes in the notification would adversely affect aspirants from Tamil Nadu.
First of all, she said, aspirants who completed their schooling in Tamil but shifted to the English medium for their graduation, used to have the option of taking the examination in Tamil.
This option has now been dropped. Only those with a graduation in Tamil medium would be allowed to write the paper in that medium.
However, there is no such stipulation for candidates who wish to appear in the Hindi medium.
This, the Chief Minister said, discriminated against not just Tamil-speaking candidates but also against all candidates from non-Hindi speaking states and in particular against rural students from marginalised sections who would have had their mother tongue as medium of instruction till school level.
The second objectionable change, the letter said, was that candidates could opt for literature of a particular language only if they had studied it at the graduation level as the main subject.
This was discriminatory and illogical since such a stipulation has not been made for any other optional subject, she pointed out.
Also, unless there was a minimum of 25 candidates opting for a particular language medium, those candidates will have to write the examination in English or Hindi only.
This, the Chief Minister said, “was inexplicable, discriminatory and violative of the Constitutional right to equality.”
The fourth change was to remove the compulsory qualifying paper in an Indian language and the inclusion of an English composition and précis writing section as an evaluated portion of the essay paper instead of the qualifying English paper.
“This change also clearly favours urban, English educated candidates and acts against rural students belonging to disadvantaged sections,” the Chief Minister added.
Jayalalithaa observed that the changes made by the Union Public Service Commission was violative of the Right to Equality in Public Employment enshrined in Article 16 of Constitution.
All regional languages should be accorded equal status in a federal structure.
“Aspirants to the country’s civil services should have the option to take the examination in any language, particularly their mother tongue, listed in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution,” Jayalalithaa said.
Therefore, the Chief Minister sought the immediate intervention of the Prime Minister to urge the Union Public Service Commission to reconsider these invidious, unfair and discriminatory changes made in the scheme of the civil services examination.
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Should TN State bring down the BAR, or should it raise the students' all-round capabilities? How long can a handicap will be in place? Is it for eternity? Is there no growing up? Will these sops remain so long that it has to be taken for granted, and won't make anyone try for anything thorough own worthy efforts? Spoon-feeding to be norm? Is it not the wretched state of education & state of affairs in the name of language, for-ever-and-ever backwardness, adamant attitude and pampering just to vote banks? Grow up! "Pick up the challenge to prove that we are all capable to beat the mightiest in their own backyard! Be roaring lions not mewing cats." Heavens will Bless not fall on our heads!
Posted by KANNAN at 03/14/2013 08:58 Reply to this Report abuse
Should TN State bring down the BAR, or should it raise the students' all-round capabilities? How long can a handicap will be in place? Is it for eternity? Is there no growing up? Will these sops remain so long that it has to be taken for granted, and won't make anyone try for anything through own worthy efforts? Spoon-feeding to be norm? Is it not the wretched state of education & state of affairs in the name of language, for-ever-and-ever backwardness, adamant attitude and pampering vote banks? Grow up! "Pick up the challenge to prove that we are all capable to beat the mightiest in their own backyard! Be roaring lions not mewing cats." Heavens will Bless not fall on our heads!
Posted by KANNAN at 03/14/2013 08:59 Reply to this Report abuse
Its against to the federal system. May talented youths staying in villages and small towns and want to write competitive exams in their mother tounge to succeed in that examination that didn’t deter them to excel in discharge of their duty and responsibility and over a period gain proficiency over english language to this lot of example existing. Know this fact why union government took this stand or else before it had consulted all the state government to what their say. All the state government put pressure on center to withdraw its proposal and ask it to stick to its earlier procedure to allow poor and socially and economically weaker section to get opportunity to write competitive exams not only for those who studied in convent. Except metros in many states other cities students studying their degrees (BA) in their regional languge and want to pursue competitive exams in that languge ahvign the confidence of excellening in that. This proposal against to fundamental rights any gover
Posted by RAGHAVENDRA R PAWAR at 03/14/2013 12:11 Reply to this Report abuse
Its against to the federal system. May talented youths staying in villages and small towns and want to write competitive exams in their mother tounge to succeed in that examination that didn t deter them to excel in discharge of their duty and responsibility and over a period gain proficiency over english language to this lot of example existing. Know this fact why union government took this stand or else before it had consulted all the state government to what their say. All the state government put pressure on center to withdraw its proposal and ask it to stick to its earlier procedure to allow poor and socially and economically weaker section to get opportunity to write competitive exams not only for those who studied in convent. Except metros in many states other cities students studying their degrees (BA) in their regional languge and want to pursue competitive exams in that languge ahvign the confidence of excellening in that. This proposal against to fundamental rights any gover
Posted by RAGHAVENDRA R PAWAR at 03/14/2013 12:12 Reply to this Report abuse