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UPSC has to come clean on cut-offs
CIC says candidates appearing for UPSC exams have the right to know the procedure of determining cut-off marks.
New Delhi: Twenty-seven-year old Sanjeev Shukla spends hours tallying his general studies papers with model answers.
Having exhausted all the four attempts in six years, this general category student is still trying to figure out where he went wrong.
"I don't know where I failed," says Shukla.
But now there is some good news for UPSC aspirants.
The Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled that candidates appearing in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examinations have the right to know the procedure and the technique followed in determining the cut-off marks.
They should also be told about the composition of the interview board and be informed about the total marks scored by them in the interview round and the written exams.
Candidates will also have access to standard answers to the written exams.
Says Information Commissioner, M M Ansari, "The only thing that will not be given out is the corrected answer sheet."
For UPSC candidates, who till now could do little but play the guessing game, this will give a clear picture of their chances of making or breaking it.
"If candidates have missed by a very small margin, they can give a second shot. If not, then they can look for options elsewhere," says Director, Vaji Ram Ravi
IAS Study Centre, P S Ravindran.
However, though the ruling comes a little too late for Sanjay and many more like him, it is a boon for others like Sanjay's flatmate Sanjeev.
Until now UPSC aspirants relied on model answers to evaluate their performance, but with the CIC directive to make the standard answers, they will be able to arrive at more accurate scores.
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