Telangana: TGSPSC Group-II exams postponed, no clarity on increasing vacancies to be filled up
Government postpones TGSPSC group-II exams, no clarity on enhancing number of vacancies to be filled.
Hyderabad: In a victory for the unemployed youth of Telangana State who staged protests for over a month, the Congress government on Friday deferred the Group – II services recruitment examination.
The Telangana Public Service Commission (TGSPSC) has decided to re-schedule the Group – II exam scheduled for August 7 and 8 to December, and new exam dates will be announced soon.
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The move by the government comes following repeated protests by the aspirants demanding postponement of the Group – II exam as it nearly clashed with the DSC, a recruitment exam for teacher vacancies, which concludes on August 5. The aspirants questioned the rationale behind scheduling two recruitment examinations with just a one-day gap.
The unemployed youth also cited lack of preparation time for the Group – II exam as a series of recruitment exams for hostel welfare officers and divisional accounts officers besides Telangana Teacher Eligibility Test (TG TET) and Central TET were conducted in the month of June. All the recruitment exams have different syllabus, they said.
“The Commission having deliberated on the proximity of examination dates between various recruitments has decided to reschedule the Group-II exams scheduled on August 7 and 8,” it said.
According to sources, the government spoke with the Commission regarding postponement of the Group – II examination as being demanded by aspirants. This comes after talks were held by Bhongir MP Chamala Kiran Kumar, MLC Balmoori Venkat Narsing Rao and Congress leader Manavatha Roy with the protesting unemployed youth and Group job aspirants here on Thursday.
Though aspirants raised the issue of increasing the Group – II and III posts as promised by the Congress party in the assembly elections, no assurances were given to candidates during the talks. Even the grand old party has been mum on such posts enhancement since it came into power in the State.
The unemployed have been persistently demanding postponement of the Group – II examination besides enhancing the Group – II posts by 2,000 and Group – III vacancies by 3,000. In fact, several protests were conducted at TGSPSC and Secretariat regarding their demands.
The government, according to sources, is unlikely to add new posts to Group – II and III but list them in the job calendar. If new posts are to be added in the existing notifications, the government is apprehensive that there will not be any posts left for the proposed job calendar.
Meanwhile, welcoming the move to postpone Group – II examination, the BRSV state secretary Jangaiah questioned the Congress government on its other guarantees including notification for 2 lakh job vacancies. He demanded the government to increase the Group – II posts by 2,000 and Group – III by 3,000.
Apart from selection of candidates for the Group – I Main examination in 1:100 ratio instead of 1:50, Jangaiah demanded the government to immediately issue a job calendar. He warned of further protests if demands of the unemployed youth remain unresolved.
Government will examine the possibilities of postponing Group II exam, says Bhatti
Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka said the government would examine the possibilities of conducting the Group II examination in December as per the requests of candidates.
He held a meeting with Group II candidates at Secretariat here on Friday. Soon after the meeting, the Deputy Chief Minister asked the Telangana Public Service Commission M Mahender Reddy to examine the possibilities of deferring the Group II till December last week.
“All measures will be taken up to ensure there is no overlapping of recruitment examinations,” Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka said, assuring that job calendar would also be announced after finalizing vacancies in all the departments.
Delaying recruitments would avoid financial burden on the State government but that was not the agenda. Our focus was on providing jobs for unemployed youth, he said.
“Do not get influenced by a few vested interest groups. Resorting to blackmailing tactics can lead to booking cases and eventually your career will be ruined,” Bhatti Vikramarka said to the candidates.
Ambedkar Knowledge Centers would be launched in every Assembly constituency within a few days for the convenience of candidates, who were preparing for different competitive exams. These centres were being constructed with advanced technology and they would be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free online training for competitive exams would be provided at the centres, he said.
Senior subject experts were being roped in from across the country to train students for competitive exams. They would be conducting online classes from Hyderabad center and students can ask questions online from respective centers and get their doubts cleared, he explained.
“Candidates preparing for competitive exams need not struggle by consuming Rs.5 meals at Ashok Nagar,” Bhatti Vikramarka said.
