Exam ‘anomalies’
Shillong, Oct 9: Aggrieved nursing job candidates under Nurses of Meghalaya on Tuesday demanded for a judicial inquiry into the alleged anomalies in declaration of results of written examination for Staff Nurse and ANM posts.
In a letter to the Director Meghalaya Medical Service Recruitment Board (MMSRB), the unsuccessful candidates said, “The serious discrepancies and negligence in the whole recruitment process have resulted in extreme outrage among the nursing job aspirants. We strongly condemn such negligent acts, which will hamper the smooth functioning in health service delivery system in the state.”
Demanding institution of an independent judicial enquiry and fix responsibility on persons indulging in this illegal act, the nurses also recalled the recent memorandum submitted and the meetings held on July 19 and July 24 in presence of minister in-charge Health.
“Minutes of the meetings have not been circulated or supplied to us till date,” they said.
Alleging “irregularities” in the examination, they said, “Firstly, 13 questions were asked out of the given syllabus. In the Set-A booklet question numbers 41 and 52 and 60 were not the part and parcel of the given syllabus…Secondly, some questions asked were not clear and irrelevant with given options. Thirdly, the results were declared after 118 hours.”
Speaking to reporters, one of the candidates Lurstep Nongrum reiterated the demand for an inquiry into the alleged discrepancy.
Nongrum questioned the MMSRB by saying, “Why have to announce the result of the same examination three times” and added, “This has created doubts in the minds of the candidates who appeared in the examination”.
He also demanded that the Health and Family department and the MMSRB should clarify the declaration of 22 names out of 26 candidates who secured same marks in the examination.
“There are 26 candidates who secured 72 marks but the MMSRB in the notice had indicated that there are only 22 candidates, why this discrepancy” he asked.
