S. Vishnu Sharma
UPSC CSE exam has again become the talk of the town with a petition being filed in Supreme Court seeking the postponement of Civil Services Exam this year.
Petitioners sought postponement of UPSC CSE exam sighting the rise in COVID-19 cases and floods that have caused damages in certain states.
UPSC CSE postponement sought, great KEAM 2020 rank list out
Also, petitioners said UPSC CSE exam must be postponed for two or three months. Flood situation would have normalized and the corona virus infection curve would have flattened, say petitioners.
The current year did not prove a smooth sailing affair with regards to academic affairs and examinations.
Most of the exams had to be postponed, not only college examinations but also competitive examinations had to be held on some other day as corona virus outbreak brought everything to a standstill.
Needless to say, even UPSC CSE also was postponed this year. It is worth recollecting that even personality test held after mains exam of CSE of 2019 was also postponed owing to outbreak of corona virus.
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Union Public Service Commission which conducts CSE or Civil Services Exam had even issued a new exam calendar in the recent past according to which UPSC CSE is to be conducted on October 4.
However, as good number of people favour conducting UPSC CSE on decided date of October 4, many feel time is not good enough to conduct the exam as the chances of contracting the infection is yet to subside.
Sources said, plea filed seeking the postponement was filed by a group of UPSC aspirants through lawyer Alakh Alok Srivastava.
The petition seeking postponement said conducting UPSC CSE at such a time when lot of problems are persisting would put the life of the youngsters at risk.
It is not only the corona virus that has spread, but even natural calamities have ravaged many parts of the country. Amidst such a situation, appearing for the exam may be utmost difficult, said the petition.
The plea further said UPSC CSE though is an exam it is not like that of an academic exam. So, postponement of the UPSC CSE exam will not have any impact on any academic session, said the petition.
The petition further mentioned that though there was a spread of corona virus cases, there were no measures to increase the number of examination centres for UPSC CSE exam.
Supreme Court asked for a response from central goverment and UPSC in connection with the plea seeking postponement of UPSC CSE.
A bench comprising Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice Sanjiv Khanna issued notices to central government and UPSC and posted the matter for hearing on September 28.
It is interesting to recollect that similar petitions were filed in the Supreme Court seeking postponement of JEE Mains April/September and NEET UG 2020.
The reasons seeking postponement also appeared to be similar. Many said the situation in the country was yet to turn safe for conducting NEET and JEE Mains.
However, the petitions were cancelled and both the popular exams were conducted as per the decided time. Now it remains to be seen if the same would happen with regards to UPSC CSE.
While opinions about conducting UPSC CSE on October 4 are divided. There are many who also seek clarity in this regard, so that they can go ahead with their preparation for UPSC CSE.
KEAM 2020 rank list released
Kerala turned centre of attraction when the rank list of Kerala Engineering Architecture and Medical (KEAM) entrance examination were declared.
As far as engineering stream is concerned, 71,742 students appeared from which 53,236 students have got a place in the rank list. Among those in the rank list were 27,733 girls and 25,503 boys.
When it comes to Pharmacy stream, about 47,081 students got into the rank list and out of them 34,260 were girls and 12,821 were boys.
The worth mentioning point was this year 7,773 more students have got place in the rank list compared the what was noticed during the previous year.
The rank list was released by Kerala Higher Education Minister K.T. Jaleel. He said the admission process would start on September 29.
In the engineering stream, Varun K.S., Gokul Govind T.K. and Niyas Mon P. were among the top rank holders.