New Delhi: The Ministry of Railways on Friday stated that a high-power committee comprising of senior officials has been formed to look into concerns raised by candidates in regard to results of the First Stage Computer Based Test of NTPC exam without affecting existing shortlisted candidates as well as Introduction of Second Stage CBT in CEN RRC 01/2019.
The committee after examining these concerns will submit their recommendations by March 4, the ministry informed in a statement.
The statement comes after violence had erupted in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh over alleged irregularities in the Railways’ Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) and Level 1 exams which forced the national transporter to suspend its recruitment process and form a committee to address the issue.
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“The candidates can lodge their concerns and suggestions to the committee till 16.02.2022 at following email id: rrbcommittee@railnet.gov.in,” Ministry of Railways wrote in its fresh statement
It added: “The committee after examining these concerns will submit their recommendations by 04th March, 2022”.
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The ministry also mentioned background details and the process followed so far to resolve the students’ concerns.
“Railways has clarified that in case the number of candidates who have applied against the notification are large in number and are more than one crore, then, it is advisable to conduct CBT in two stages with 1 Stage being used to screen the candidates for 2nd Stage and 2nd Stage CBT conducted with limited candidates so that extensive normalisation is not involved and the final merit is more just and fair,” the statement read.
About the number of candidates being shortlisted for 2nd stage CBT, Railways has stated that for Centralized Employment Notification (CEN) 01/2019, the 1st stage CBT has been made common for Graduates and 10+2 pass candidates, it has been prescribed in the CEN that candidates 20 times the notified vacancies will be called for 2nd Stage CBT so that adequate candidates are given opportunity to appear in 2nd Stage CBT after screening through 1st Stage CBT.
It further clarified that “nowhere was it mentioned that 7 lakh distinct candidates will get shortlisted for 2nd stage CBT. Since a 2nd Stage consists of CBT of five different levels and a candidate can be shortlisted for more than one level as per eligibility, merit and option, the lists of 7 lakh roll numbers will have some names appearing in more than one list”.
In response to the concerns that graduate candidates are getting undue benefit of becoming eligible for both Graduate and 10+2 level posts, Railways mentioned that “the integration of recruitments for Graduate and 10+2 level posts have been done to save time, energy and effort which has been proved useful during COVID 19 pandemic”.
“Also, standards of Computer Based Test 1 (CBT 1) have been kept of 10+2 level so as to not to put disadvantage to 10+2 level students and it is only in CBT 2 that standards will be different across levels,” the ministry added.
On January 26, the Railways suspended its NTPC and Level 1 exams after the candidates staged protests alleging irregularities in the process whilst Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw assured redressal of their grievances.
Earlier, the national transporter issued a general notice, warning its job aspirants that those found involved in vandalism and unlawful activities while protesting would be barred from ever getting recruited in the Railways.
The warning came after protesters squatted on railway tracks in several places in Bihar.
(With Agency Inputs)
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