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A lot of changes has been introduced by the Staff Selection Commission in the examination pattern of Combined Graduate Level Examination for 2016. The most important change made by the commission in the test pattern is to conduct it online from 2016. This has been done to make the examination more transparent and free from any sort of bias. This will keep the malpractices, which could be done in the offline tests in check. Now the recruitment of the candidates for several posts offered by the SSC will be done through Two Tier Online Test namely Preliminary and Mains Examination. There will be no interview conducted for the recruitment of the aspirants.
Every year lakhs of candidates take the test in order to get selected for the posts offered by the SSC. One descriptive type test has been also included in the examination pattern. Through SSC CGL test the candidates are selected for several middle level posts of Central Government like Inspectors in Income Tax Department and Assistants in Intelligence Bureau. From now the examination will be conducted Online rather than on OMR sheets and this will bring transparency in the test.
More Transparency: There are several instances in the past of unfair practices done in the examination and paper leaked before the actual date of examination. Online examination will now reduce such practices and everything will be carried out in a fair manner. From now candidates will not be able to adopt any unfair means during the test and any authority will not be able to manipulate anything related to the test. This will also be fairer as there will be minimal human intervention in the test. Online tests are considered more transparent in handling the process related to the examination.
This will reduce the administrative work as well. There will be no requirement of humans to check the answer scripts. There will be no chances of any mistakes in the correction. The result will be declared early due to less human inclusion.
One-minute mistake in the checking can spoil the career of a candidate. But now there will be less chances of errors as human interference will be less.
Earlier candidates have to wait for long to get the result of the examination. But now due to the online examination the results will be declared fast and will be accurate. Candidates had to wait for almost a year to get their result and joining, which used to be quiet frustrating. But now candidates will get fast results and joining.
The introduction of Online Test has been welcomed by the people of India, but there are also several apprehensions related to it.
Now managing all the things for the successful organization of the test will be challenge before the agency. The commission has to arrange examination centers, computers and invigilators for conducting the test. As lakhs of candidates take this test every year, the arrangement of of the pre-requisites will be a problem.
As this will be first time that SSC examination will be conducted online, and the commission has no experience of conducting such examination, the results of this can be drastic. The commission needs to make a lot of preparation and has to go through the strategies followed by the IBPS and other agencies.
Online examination will be advantageous to the urban students as rural candidates still do not have access to computers. Practicing through mock tests is plays an important role in attaining success in the test. So, urban candidates will find it easy to attempt the examination without much problem.
The commission is endeavoring to conduct the test in a manner, which is free from any kind of biases and is transparent. Also, it is trying to adopt an examination process, which will help in finish the whole procedure of selecting the candidates in less time, which at present takes approximately one year. The success of this initiative will depend upon the effective administrative handling of the test. This step is taken in support of the Digital India Programme launched by the Prime Minister. Now it is to be observed that, whether the commission will be able to implement it properly.