Indian
Express: New delhi: Sunday, June 19, 2016.
While a Delhi
Jal Board beldar or helper scored 55 marks, a chemistry lecturer in the
education department of Delhi government registered 44 points.
He had been a
Right to Information (RTI) activist himself and to ensure whether his officials
are well versed with the act or not, the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
had conducted a voluntary comprehension test in November last year.
Surprisingly, the results showed junior officials scoring better than their
seniors.
While a Delhi
Jal Board beldar or helper scored 55 marks, a chemistry lecturer in the
education department of Delhi government registered 44 points. In the assistant
and equivalent posts, a head constable of Delhi Police scored 60 marks, which
is 12 marks more than an assistant sub-inspector. In the Group-D and equivalent
category, a lower division clerk (LDC) scored 81 marks. In yet another example,
a computer science teacher of NDMC and a mathematics teacher of Delhi
government have scored 46 and 45 marks respectively, while a pharmacist of the
Delhi Health Service has scored 70.
The results
were divided in three categories, Assistant and equivalent, Superintendent and
equivalent and Group D and equivalent class officials. Those who scored more
than 40 per cent gets a certificate and case prize beginning from 400—1500.
Ramnath Jha,
a member of the NGO Transparency International says, “This reflects how much
the officials who are working on a day to day basis with the public grievances
cases, know about the basics of the transparency act”.
A total of
800 officials appeared for the objective type paper, which contained
100-questions and the candidates were allotted one and half hour to complete
the test. Held under the ‘Self Learning of the RTI Act 2005’ scheme, which was
introduced in 2010, the exam included all the government departments, even
those which are not under the purview of Kejriwal, such as Delhi Police and New
Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC).
Despite
instructed, 47 per cent of NDMC officials and 40 per cent of the Delhi Police
personnel chose not to take part in the test.
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