{"id":226996,"date":"2023-02-17T20:30:31","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T15:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=226996"},"modified":"2023-02-20T12:44:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T07:14:32","slug":"wrong-answer-govts-repeated-exam-paper-leaks-should-tell-authorities-that-technology-not-punishment-is-the-cure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wrong-answer-govts-repeated-exam-paper-leaks-should-tell-authorities-that-technology-not-punishment-is-the-cure\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrong Answer, Govts – Repeated exam paper leaks should tell authorities that technology not punishment is the cure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cWrong Answer, Govts – Repeated exam paper leaks should tell authorities that technology not punishment is the cure\u201d <\/strong>published in The Times of India <\/b>on\u00a017th February 2023<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus<\/strong>: GS 2 \u2013 Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability.<\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>: About government recruitment exams.<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>: Recently, Uttarakhand witnessed protests against corruption in government recruitment exams. The government in response promulgated an ordinance for \u201ccontrol and prevention of unfair means in recruitment\u201d.<\/p>\n

Accordingly, the first case was registered under the new law, where offences are non-bailable, fines go up to Rs 10 crore, and jail terms up to life imprisonment.<\/p>\n

What are the other issues with government recruitment exams?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Rajasthan<\/strong>: Last year, the state government promulgated a stricter bill to disincentivise corruption in government recruitment exams. However, the bill does not address the ineffectual surveillance to prevent paper leaks.<\/p>\n

West Bengal<\/strong>: The malpractices in the state highlighted the demand-supply mismatch and exploitation in the government ecosystem.<\/p>\n

Uttarakhand<\/strong>: The aspirants are complaining that irregularities have spread from exams conducted by the state\u2019s Subordinate Services Selection Commission to those conducted by its Public Service Commission.<\/p>\n

What are the reasons behind the issues in government recruitment exams?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The central challenge for the issues is a)<\/strong> Administrative challenges in long-identified people management across vast student populations and very porous channels, b)<\/strong> The pen-and-paper mode is too easy to sabotage through digital channels.<\/p>\n

To stop irregularities in government recruitment exams, Governments need to work on upgrading exam technologies instead of formulating strict laws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cWrong Answer, Govts – Repeated exam paper leaks should tell authorities that technology not punishment is the cure\u201d published in The Times of India on\u00a017th February 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 \u2013 Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability. Relevance: About government recruitment exams. News: Recently, Uttarakhand witnessed protests… Continue reading Wrong Answer, Govts – Repeated exam paper leaks should tell authorities that technology not punishment is the cure<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10496],"class_list":["post-226996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704918997},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226996\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}