Candidates who are set to appear for the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Services Exam mains have been demanding postponement of the exams due to rising cases of Omicron. The exam is scheduled to begin on January 7. As many as 9,200 candidates have cleared the prelims exam and are slated to appear for the mains.
As per the students, the majority of the candidates have to travel to other cities to take the exams. Travelling amid high Covid-19 cases, staying at hotels will put their lives at risk, they claim.
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The aspirants have taken to Twitter to put forth their demands. “With the surge in covid cases & partial lockdown, please consider rescheduling the scheduled UPSC mains exams which stretch for 10 days duration. Many students need to travel to the nearest capital city to write exams, accommodation & travel concerning,” said one Twitter user.
“People appearing for #upscmains have to travel to cities which are currently well infected with covid. Even it’s not clear whether the hotels where people are going to stay will not be shut due to covid restrictions. This will create an unequal level playing for such candidates,” wrote another.
#upscmains@DoPTGoI @DrJitendraSingh
With surge in covid cases & partial lockdown,Pls consider rescheduling the scheduled upsc mains exams which stretches for 10 days duration
Many students need to travel to nearest capital city to write exam,accmdtn & travel concerning
— venkata sriram (@venkatasriram66) January 3, 2022
Please consider postponing of #upscmains..too n fro travel in two weeks btwn exam cities where we stay n our towns n villages in current circumstances is dangerous to our families and long years of preparation for exam. @DrJitendraSingh @DoPTGoI— Being_Rationale (@Mahesh_R123) January 3, 2022
While schools are being closed, UPSC’s decision to conduct #upscmains can result in super-spreader event, resulting in ruined careers of thousands of aspirants. @thewire_in @TheQuint @ndtv @ndtveducation @DrJitendraSingh— Prashant Patel (@Prashan22284639) January 2, 2022
#upscmains Majority of 9200 students travel as capital cities are centre for 10 days. Travelling from Jharkhand to Kolkata with high positivity rate. Hotel food travel-High chance of infection. Spoil yrs of hard work.Pls intervene. Postpone@DrJitendraSingh @ndtv @ZeeNewsEnglish— Mr Green (@MrGreen18231085) January 3, 2022
@DoPTGoI @PMOIndia omicron might mild but hospitalisation rate is going to be same as that of delta due to high infectivity and we will be taking infection back to our states and cities endangering our families,we cannot risk losing them again!#upscmains 2022 should be postponed— Dr Ekta (@EktaTan81505706) January 1, 2022
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The UPSC CSE Main will be held on January 7, 8, 9, 15, and 16. The UPSC mains will consist of a total of nine papers out of which two are for qualifying (A and B) and seven others are for merit. Those selected in the main round will be called for a personal interview.
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