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Activists Call on Secretary SSB for appointing Vacation Officers 1/2/2016 11:48:44 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 2 : The Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) has been asked to appoint Vacation officers and strengthen its legal team. A Civil Society delegation comprising Right To Information (RTI) Activists Raman Sharma, Deepak Sharma, Social activists Ravi Razdan, Harasis Singh, Anil Sharma, Sarpanch Panchayat Halqa Jandrah and others called on Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board. The delegation submitted a memorandum to the Secretary and raised their concern over the recent controversy erupted over the mass copying in several examination centers during the paper conducted by the board on 25/Dec/2015. The delegation expressed displeasure for conducting exam on holy Christmas, the sacred festival of Christian community and asked not to repeat any such blunder of conducting exam on such big festival of any community. Among other demands in the memorandum, the JKSSB has been asked to appoint 'Vacation Officers' so that on Sundays and other holiday on exam days, the aggrieved candidates may meet the concerned officer and get redressal of their grievances even on holidays. In the plea, the board has also been suggested to constitute a special examination conducting committee comprising experienced and retired educationists. The board has also been asked to strengthen its legal team and appoint only competent legal professionals to represent the board before the Courts to avoid inordinate delay so that future of aspiring candidates do not suffer for years. They also urged the Secretary to fix time limit for finalising the entire recruitment process to avoid chaos and confrontations. The Secretary was also requested to consider the plea of giving option to the candidates to choose their own examination Center/district so that their study or other job assignments are not hurt. The Secretary gave a patient hearing to the delegation and assured to them to consider them accordingly. Demand of Installing CCTVs at all exam-centre was also made by the delegation.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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