Dimapur, December 4 (MExN): The Rising Youth—the youth wing of the Rising People’s party, has raised concerns over what it termed as ‘systematic malaise’ within the Nagaland Public Service Commission (NPSC).
In a press release on Saturday, the Rising Youth stated that the NOSC has been “committing fundamental mistakes with regard to the questions set for civil services exams... This proves that either the NPSC is not taking the examinations seriously or the people/firm setting the questionnaires are not properly qualified.”
Stating that there are no room for mistakes when question papers are being set, the party highlighted a question in the latest NPSC exam conducted earlier in November. “The latest row is the erroneous question as to whether Kukis are a recognised tribe of Nagaland. In the test booklet Series-A, Q no. 23, civil services prelims exam 2021, the question ‘Which one of the following tribes is not recognised officially by the Government of Nagaland?’ has hurt the sentiments of Kukis in particular and all right thinking citizens in general,” the statement read.
Additionally, without going into details, it also said that “there are 5 other questions or answer options which are either erroneous or vague.”
“Giving full marks equally to all the candidates is not going to resolve the issue because such knee-jerk reactions inadvertently victimises the hardworking students’ vis-à-vis the non-diligent ones and devalues merit in the long run. The systematic malaise in the Commission needs to be addressed first,” it asserted.
