THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Aspiring candidates for the posts of Secretariat Assistant are a worried lot. This time, they are worried over the undue haste being shown by the PSC in issuing notification for the post, despite the government’s directive to provide sufficient time for the candidates to complete the DCA course to make them eligible for the post.It was in 2011 that the government had revised the eligibility for the post as Degree with 45 per cent of marks and DCA. Following the confusion over the DCA qualification, the PSC had notified the list of authentic institutes offering the course, through its official bulletin in February. But the official confirmation was given only to the DCA courses, offered by the LBS and IHRD. Following this, a large number of students had joined for the course in the institutes, which require six months to complete the course. But the PSC is showing undue haste in the issuance of the notification for the posts.But according to sources in the Personnel And Administrative Reforms Department (P&ARD), the PSC had sent a note in this regard to the Government.Based on the information from the P&ARD, a group of candidates brought the issue before the attention of the Chief Minister. The Chief Minister also had asked the P&ARD to provide enough time for the candidates to complete the course and not to deny opportunity to any one. But when the P&ARD sent a file proposing enough time for the candidates to complete the course or include the provision that the candidates would have to submit the certificate only during the time of interview, the Chief Minister’s office returned the file rejecting the proposal.Pradeep, an aspiring candidate from Attingal, said that there was no clarification whether the DCA course offered by C-DIT would be acceptable and equivalent to the course from the IHRD or LBS. “We have already joined for the DCA course offered by the IHRD and LBS. But if we don’t get enough time to complete the course, we will be losing the chance to appear for the exam,” he said. Pradeep said that they were planning to move the court seeking justice if needed.Ajeesh from Kochuveli, another aspiring candidate, said that their demand was either to delay the issuance of the notification or to include the provision in the notification that candidates would have to produce the DCA certificate only during the time of Interview.During an interaction immediately after assuming his office, PSC chairman Dr K S Radhakrishnan had made it clear that candidates would be given sufficient time to get the DCA qualification.
Comments
0 comment