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Jan 13, 2019

[CA] SC sets up panel for to suggest reforms for holding competitive exams


Supreme Court has set up a committee to suggest reforms to hold the competitive exams after the conflicts that arised in SSC examination. The committee includes Nandan Nilekani, a co-founder of tech giant Infosys, and renowned computer scientist  Vijay P Bhatkar.
The committee would suggest reforms to the government bodies, which conduct competitive examinations like the SSC, as there are several cases of questions paper leaks.
This committee was set up after conflict arised in SSC 2017 result publication, though it was ordered to cancellation because of difficulty in identifying the cause of the paper leak. Cancellation had a huge protest from the aspirants side. So the court in 2017 hearing has implemented to conduct it afresh by the National Testing Agency or the CBSE “in the interest of students”.
Petitioner Shantanu Kumar, who had sought cancellation of examination, had said that contract of private company Sify Technologies Pvt Ltd, which had conducted the SSC examination, is now called off.
The SSC is a government body which conducts examinations to recruit staff at multiple levels in various ministries and departments.

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