The Civil Services Aspirants from the regional language were hit hard due to the Civil Services Aptitude Tests (CSAT) turning out to be advantageous for the students who belong to the English medium over the students from the regional language. NCP MP Vandana Chavan raised this issue during the Zero Hour at the Rajya Sabha on Thursday where she issued statements in this regard.
“Sir, the CSAT turned out to be advantageous to students only from the English medium over the students from the regional language background. Sir, prior to CSAT, the proportion of candidates selected to appear for the Mains between those choosing the regional language and those choosing the English language as a medium of instruction was 40:60. Sir, with the introduction of the CSAT, now it is totally skewed. It is 20:80. So, in 2015, realizing that the aspirants from the rural area and non-technical background were being hit very badly, the UPSC did take up corrective steps. The young aspirants were affected from 2011 to 2014… lost four valuable attempts amongst the six that they are entitled to,” Chavan said during the Zero Hour.
“I urge the government to consider this issue very, very seriously. It is not their fault. If at all, it is the CSAT format which gave them a really bad hit. Hence, I urge the government to give them age relaxation and a few additional attempts,” she added.
DMK MP Tiruchi Siva also raised the issue at Rajya Sabha regarding Hindi-medium students missing out on opportunities of the Central Government Services.
“The Staff Selection Commission has seven regional offices at Allahabad, Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Chennai, and Guwahati. It also has two sub-regional offices. Earlier, the Staff Selection Commission used to conduct these examinations at the zonal level. But, now, these examinations are being conducted at the national level. And, these examinations are conducted only in English and Hindi languages,” Siva said.