The Rising Youth says that the systematic malaise in the Commission needs to be addressed first and with regard to the Kuki controversy, the commission could have shown some decency by apologizing to the Kuki community.
By Imna Longchar, TFM Nagaland Correspondent
The Rising Youth, a youth wing of the Rising People’s Party (RPP), Nagaland, on Saturday has asked the Nagaland Public Service Commission (NPSC) to rectify on the “systematic malaise” within the commission.
According to a press statement issued by the Rising Youth, it said that there are no rooms for any mistake when question papers are being set for any of the numerous examinations that the NPSC/UPSC conducts yearly and added that regrettably, the NPSC seems to be incorrigible and still continues to be unprofessional in the way it conducts the examination process.
The youth organisation stated that for too long the NPSC has been committing fundamental mistakes with regard to the questions set for civil services exams and which is a cause for concern and this proves that either the NPSC is not taking the examinations seriously or the people/firm setting the questionnaires are not properly qualified.
“The latest row is the erroneous question as to whether Kukis are a recognized tribe of Nagaland. In the test booklet Series-A, Q.no. 23,civil services prelims exam 2021, the question “Which one of the following tribes is not recognised officially by the Government of Nagaland?” has hurt the sentiments of Kukis in particular and all right thinking citizens in general”, the Rising Youth further stated.
It also mentioned that after 58 years of statehood, the NPSC does not know the status of Kukis in Nagaland speaks volumes about the quality of education being imparted in the state.
While stating that it has been brought to the notice of the Rising Youth that apart from the Kuki controversy, there are five other questions or answer options which are either erroneous or vague, it also said that giving full marks equally to all the candidates is not going to resolve the issue because such knee-jerk reactions inadvertently victimizes the hardworking students’ vis-à-vis the non-diligent ones and devalues merit in the long run.
Further, the systematic malaise in the Commission needs to be addressed first and with regard to the Kuki controversy, the NPSC could have shown some decency by apologizing to the Kuki community, the statement stated.