Dhiraj Bora left his home quite early on September 29 and travelled for 25 km to reach his examination centre — Girijananda Chowdhury University — on time with the hope of fulfilling his dream of becoming a State Government employee.
“I did well even though the question paper was a bit difficult. I am satisfied with my performance,” Dhiraj told this reporter. He added, “There is not a single Government servant in my family. Situation has changed now. The transparency in the recruitment process has motivated us to appear in Government examinations.”
He is hopeful of clearing the examinations. Dhiraj said, “The experience was really good. Even if I fail this time, I will happily appear for the same examination next year.”
On September 15 & 29, lakhs of youths appeared for ADRE Grade-III examination, making it the largest recruitment drive. (Pl see box)
Kuldeep Sharma of Nalbari, a candidate for Grade III ADRE, experienced a Government examination for the first time in his life on September 15. “I don’t know exactly how I will fare. But I am very happy that the Government has used all measures to ensure transparency and fairness,” he told this reporter.
Nirmali Das, another examinee from Nalbari, added, “This is the first time I have applied for a Government job. It was a worthwhile experience.”
Post-fulfilling the election promise of providing 1 lakh Government jobs, the Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma pointed out that the Government would continue to provide employment to the youths.
The Government has vested the Board of Secondary Education Assam (SEBA) with the task of conducting the Assam Direct Recruitment Examination in three phases to fill up vacant posts of Class III.
Speaking to this newsletter, SEBA chairman R C Jain said, “This is the first time we have conducted an examination of such magnitude. The number of examination centres was very high. So, we had to put in place a number of precautions. For the first time ever, we used a pass code attached to the trunk in place of paper cartoons to carry the question papers.”
Jain added that the sealed question papers were opened in front of the examinees while taking their signatures to prevent incidents of question papers leak.
He thanked the Home Department for the protective measures, “We are also putting in place proactive steps to protect the OMR sheets.”
This is the first time we have conducted an examination of such magnitude. The number of examination centres was very high. So, we had to put in place a number of precautions. For the first time ever, we used a pass code attached to the trunk in place of paper cartoons to carry the question papers. -R C Jain
“This time round, we will engage persons from outside the State for OMR scanning, so that the examinees remain unrecognised,” he stated.
The number of candidates in the September 15 examination was more than 11 lakh. Over 27,000 police personnel were deployed at the examination centres while the number of invigilators was around 56,000. The number of candidates in the two examinations of September 29 was over five and two lakhs respectively.
