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Tarun Gogoi inaugurates the APSC system on Thursday.
Guwahati, Feb 25 : Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) examinations promise to be more transparent and smooth now, with automation of the entire process — right from assessing applications to preparation of results.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi today announced introduction of the system at a function in the APSC building at Khanapara here.
Speaking on the occasion, Gogoi said the system would help maintain transparency in the examination system, adding that the commission has to select candidates who are efficient, sincere and committed. “Officials should have the capacity to anticipate the problems coming up in the future,” he said. He also said there was a shortage of Assam civil service officers, which is creating problems for the government.
Chairman of the commission, Geeta Basumatari, said the intelligent character recognition system would automate every step of the existing examination process. “The system has the capability to verify and validate each record with less human intervention, making it an error free and unbiased process. The time taken in the process from stage of application to the declaration of results would be much lesser than what was generally taken for manual processing,” Basumatari said.
She said the commission faces a lots of problems like delay in holding of examinations on time, absence of financial autonomy, and an increasing number of court cases, to name a few. “This is the first stage in the improvement of the examination system and later, we can conduct examinations online,” she added.
She said the situation had slightly improved now as the commission now had a principal controller of examinations, a law officer and a research officer.
The commission conducts combined competitive examinations and departmental examinations and recommends candidates for direct recruitment to the various state government services, advises the government on the principles to be followed to assess the suitability of officers for promotion and others. Examinations conducted by the commission faced criticism a number of times in the past, as there have been allegations of favouritism, corruption and results not being declared on time.
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