New Delhi: The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) will not cancel the recently held Selection Post Phase 13 examination, but a re-examination is likely for candidates who were denied a fair chance due to technical or logistical issues, SSC Chairman S Gopalakrishnan said on Monday.
Addressing the protests over poor arrangements during the exam, Gopalakrishnan said, “We are analysing the data. If we find even a single candidate who was wronged, we will conduct a re-examination for them.”
The Phase 13 recruitment examination was conducted between July 24 and August 1 across 194 centres in 142 cities, with around five lakh candidates appearing.
However, several examinees reported problems such as software crashes, biometric verification failures, and incorrect centre allotments.
Following the disruptions, the SSC has written to the examination vendor, Eduquity Career Technologies, directing the firm to address all issues encountered during the test window.
The irregularities sparked widespread protests, with students taking to the streets in Delhi last week. Images and videos of the demonstrations have since gone viral on social media.
The SSC is a central agency responsible for recruiting staff to various posts in ministries, departments, and other government organisations.
