The Arunachal Times: Arunachal: Wednesday, August 15, 2018.
Dear Editor,
I appeared
APPSCCE (prelims) 2018 with Geography optional and I have tallied my score with
all the possible sources and it is around 247.75/400 (61%) – after deducting
negative marks, also I considered negative marks for all the FIVE WRONG QUESTIONS
of my optional paper and ONE WRONG QUESTION of GS.
Yes, I did
mark my OMR very carefully and cross checked it twice – as I had learned my
lesson from my last year UPSC which I missed by 0.66 marks due to my
callousness in OMR marking.
I am not
quibbling about the “copy pasting” or the “out of syllabus” remarks of the
Geography paper. Unless there is a reform of the examination process itself
this thing will happen every time.
My only
concern is that there are some candidates like me who were expecting to qualify
– getting around 55 % to 60 % after tallying their marks – but couldn’t. All I
am requesting is for APPSC to declare the cut off marks and our scores at
APPSCCE (prelims) 2018 for which we had submitted our applications to APPSC and
put our concern at rest. There is a route via RTI Act but I know it will end up
in court for which we don’t have time or the energy.
As for the
examination process, I think it’s time to remove optional subjects in prelims
and introduce aptitude paper instead (every state has amended their PSC
examination pattern taking a cue from the UPSC pattern). Optional subjects have
too much subjectivity – like allegation of one optional being too easy or tough
and also there is a huge chance of some mistakes in one or more optional
papers. Also, papers common for all would be economical since it can be
delegated to a single agency to set the common papers which in turn will bring
in more accountability since the cost of making mistakes in those common papers
is very high.
Yours,
A candidate
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