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NEW DELHI: In a relief to Civil Services aspirants agitating against the Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) pattern, the government has said that the marks for questions relating to English comprehension in Paper II of the prelims exam should not be counted for gradation and merit of the candidates. However, the CSAT format shall stay and the August 24 prelims exam will be held as per schedule.

Making a statement in the Lok Sabha, minister of state for personnel Jitendra Singh also announced an extra attempt for all those who have appeared for the civil services exam in 2011, when the CSAT pattern was introduced. "Those who appeared for the exam in 2011 will get another attempt to appear in 2015," he said.

This is to take care of the disadvantage that the students may have faced on account of sudden switch to the new CSAT pattern.

"The civil services exam plan has been a matter of debate for last several weeks. The government has treated the issue with all seriousness and sensitivity and heard all aspects. It has decided in the overall interest that the CSAT Paper II marks relating to English comprehension should not be included for gradation and merit of students in the civil services exam," declared Singh.

The government's opinion evoked mixed responses. While the treasury benches welcomed it and BJP leader Jagdambika Pal thanked Singh for the relief announced for the aspirants, Samajwadi Party's Dharmendra Yadav rejected the solution and demanded scrapping of CSAT altogether. "We will continue our agitation over the issue. This half way solution will not work and we want a complete acceptance of our demands," he said.

Yadav was joined in his protest by RJD's Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav.

BJP member S S Ahluwalia also demanded clarity on the cases filed against the students agitating on the CSAT issue. "What happens to the cases pending against the agitating students...we want the government to clarify as their future is at stake," he asked.

The CSAT Paper II carried 80 questions, of which 8-9 related to English comprehension. These 8-9 question carried 22 marks, which, Singh said, should not be counted in the overall tally for gradation.

UPSC exam row: Centre says English marks should not be included - The Times of India

Is this means Hindi lobby is going to take over?? Now that South Indians have to learn Hindi to appear in UPSC exams?? :oops:
 
NEW DELHI: In a relief to Civil Services aspirants agitating against the Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) pattern, the government has said that the marks for questions relating to English comprehension in Paper II of the prelims exam should not be counted for gradation and merit of the candidates. However, the CSAT format shall stay and the August 24 prelims exam will be held as per schedule.

Making a statement in the Lok Sabha, minister of state for personnel Jitendra Singh also announced an extra attempt for all those who have appeared for the civil services exam in 2011, when the CSAT pattern was introduced. "Those who appeared for the exam in 2011 will get another attempt to appear in 2015," he said.

This is to take care of the disadvantage that the students may have faced on account of sudden switch to the new CSAT pattern.

"The civil services exam plan has been a matter of debate for last several weeks. The government has treated the issue with all seriousness and sensitivity and heard all aspects. It has decided in the overall interest that the CSAT Paper II marks relating to English comprehension should not be included for gradation and merit of students in the civil services exam," declared Singh.

The government's opinion evoked mixed responses. While the treasury benches welcomed it and BJP leader Jagdambika Pal thanked Singh for the relief announced for the aspirants, Samajwadi Party's Dharmendra Yadav rejected the solution and demanded scrapping of CSAT altogether. "We will continue our agitation over the issue. This half way solution will not work and we want a complete acceptance of our demands," he said.

Yadav was joined in his protest by RJD's Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav.

BJP member S S Ahluwalia also demanded clarity on the cases filed against the students agitating on the CSAT issue. "What happens to the cases pending against the agitating students...we want the government to clarify as their future is at stake," he asked.

The CSAT Paper II carried 80 questions, of which 8-9 related to English comprehension. These 8-9 question carried 22 marks, which, Singh said, should not be counted in the overall tally for gradation.

UPSC exam row: Centre says English marks should not be included - The Times of India

Is this means Hindi lobby is going to take over?? Now that South Indians have to learn Hindi to appear in UPSC exams?? :oops:

Complete BS,It is not Hindi lobby but Regional lang lobby if this change is due to that issue
 
Complete BS,It is not Hindi lobby but Regional lang lobby if this change is due to that issue

So in which medium exams are going to be written?? English or Hindi.. Or other language people can write in their own mother tongue??
 
So in which medium exams are going to be written?? English or Hindi.. Or other language people can write in their own mother tongue??

The pattern was for English & a regional lang,which can be any India lang from Tamil to Punabi
 
The pattern was for English & a regional lang,which can be any India lang from Tamil to Punabi

Tell me frankly, are we going backward or forward by removing English?
 
English marks should be considered for Dalit students:D
 
Not necessarily.. But these exams are for finding our future diplomats and IPS/IAS officials..Whats the use of using Hindi or any other regional language abroad?

Why is it backward ? there are many countries out there that stick to their native languages .. If you are going to send a diplomat to China you have to know Chinese , or if your going to Germany you have to know German , if you are going to Russia you have to know Russian knowing English in these countries will be rather useless .. So its not really as much as a big issue as its being propagated .
 
Why is it backward ? there are many countries out there that stick to their native languages .. If you are going to send a diplomat to China you have to know Chinese , or if your going to Germany you have to know German knowing English in these countries will be rather useless .. So its not really as much as a big issue as its being propagated .
what is the problem with current setup?
 
what is the problem with current setup?

In my home state Kerala i see many people who are extremely good at maths and science but they unfortunately fail to get a decent govt. job or pass IAS because they are weak in English . Its lost Talent
 
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