March 31: A primary teachers’
recruitment test held on an
unprecedented scale today
exposed how unprepared the
state government was to carry out
the exercise which required
informing 45 lakh candidates about
their exam centres and arranging
for public transport to ferry them.
The lack of planning led to
harassment for many applicants
and caused accidents as some
candidates fell from overcrowded
trains. Tens of thousands were
unable to sit for the examination
as they couldn’t reach the test
centres on time because of
highway traffic snarls.
At the eleventh hour, the
authorities decided to extend the
1pm-2pm exam time by an hour
but hardly any candidate was
made aware of it.
There are 35,000 job vacancies
and this was the first time the test
was held across Bengal — earlier
it was conducted district-wise.
“The scale of preparation required
was not there at any level. There
was no co-ordination among the
various government departments
which resulted in harassment for
candidates,” said a senior
education department official.
The state government is seeking
legal opinion on whether it can
conduct a re-examination.
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