Inability and under-preparedness of the test conducting agencies in conducting the SAS exam

Dear Members!

The letter addressed to the CAG on Indian on "Inability and under-preparedness of the test conducting agencies" is posted here for the information of members please.

Yours Rahul.

02-12-2010

To

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India,

New Delhi.

Sub: - Inability and under-preparedness of the test conducting agencies in conducting the SAS exam.

Ref: - This Association letter dated 22-11-2010.

Sir,

In the reference cited, we tried our best to bring the notice of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India that the demo module hoisted for SAS Examination by the Headquarters Office was insufficient to cater to the needs of the aspirants and the aspirants were in a state of confusion.

Now, after completion of the examination, it has been proved that not only the aspirants of SAS but also the concerned authorities were in a state of confusion.  It has been clearly established in conducting the examination for PC-4.

Ø      No demo module has been provided for PC-4 paper

Ø      In the presentation given by our local Administration just a day before commencement of examination and by the conducting authorities during the examination, it was clearly stated that navigation between previous and next questions is allowed. It was also stated that revisiting the attempted questions and changing the answers were also allowed. Contrary to it, in PC-4 paper, such actions were not allowed.

Ø      In PC-4 paper some other problems ranged from

o       The result, which is to be displayed after performing the action, was not displayed and made the candidates unsure of their attempt.

o       Some questions were shown in green color even without attempting them.

o       The visibility of the applications was very poor.

o       Most of the commands made available in the applications vary from the commands available in regular applications.

o       The proctors were unable to help the candidates and their varied opinions confused the candidates.

Such and many other problems left a number of candidates nervous. Some of those could not take the exam confidently in subsequent sessions.

This Association strongly condemns the inability and under-preparedness of the test conducting agencies in conducting the examination in an appropriate manner. We request the Comptroller and Auditor General of India to intervene in the matter and do justice to the candidates.

Yours faithfully,

Sd/-

P.RAHUL

(General Secretary)