PRAYAGRAJ: One of the major issues being opposed by the aspirants for PCS and RO/ARO sitting on dharna outside the gate of the UP-Public Service Commission (UPPSC) since Monday is the concept of normalisation.
Since the commission decided to conduct preliminary exams for these two examinations on two separate days and in multiple shifts, the concept of normalisation was introduced to standardise the evaluation process. However, the aspirants are protesting against both—holding exams on two days and normalisation.
The commission says that in the case of conducting the examination in shifts on multiple days, as per an advertisement, a high-level committee was constituted under the chairmanship of the former chief statistician of the Govt of India for evaluation, which recommended the adoption of a percentile formula for equal and logical evaluation of question papers of two or more days.
In the case of conducting the examination on more than one day and in shifts, the process of standardisation for evaluation is already being adopted by national institutions like NTEA, Police Recruitment Board, Staff Selection Commission, Subordinate Service Selection Commission, Public Service Commission of Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Kerala in CAT, JEE entrance examination, NEET, etc. This process has been explained in the decisions of the High Court and Supreme Court from time to time.
According to the percentile formula, considering the maximum marks obtained in both the question papers of both the shifts as 100 percentile, comparative percentile scores of all the remaining candidates will be calculated, on the basis of which merit will be prepared.
Meanwhile, the Commission has added that it will welcome all meaningful suggestions proposed by the candidates regarding standardisation and will be presented before the experts.