SEBA updates data, number of absentees not highest in Cachar but Kamrup Metro

The Grade III examination under the Direct Recruitment Commission of Assam concluded on August 28, where 8,52,181 candidates applied for it. The examination was held in 25 districts of Assam in two shifts, morning and afternoon. While last evening, the data showed Cachar had the highest number of absentees despite have fewer candidates than Kamrup, today, SEBA updated the number and Cachar was second highest and not highest. Throughout the state, over three lakh candidates didn’t sit for the exam after their application.

Other than Kamrup Metro and Cachar, the districts with the highest loads were Kamrup Rural, Kokrajhar, Darrang and Dibrugarh. The exam was conducted in a very free and fair manner, said the state observer for Direct Recruitment, IAS S. Lakshmanan at Cachar.

In Cachar, which was the centre for Karimganj and Hailakandi as well, 80,050 applied for the recruitment examination. 56,401 applicants had their shift in the morning and 5,852 didn’t sit for the exam. In the afternoon shift, there were 23,649 applicants and 2,048 didn’t appear for the exam. Out of these 7,936 candidates didn’t sit for the examination, there were 5,852 absentees in the first shift and 2,084 in the second. Extrapolating this data says, out of every 10 candidates, 1 didn’t appear for the exam. Cachar has the second highest absentees in the state after Kamrup Metro. In Kamrup Metro, out of 1,51,190 applicants, 17,052 missed their papers.

Kamrup Rural had the third highest applicants and the third highest absentees as well. In Kamrup Rural, out of 61,143 candidates, 6,255 were absent. Next to Kamrup Rural is Kokrajhar, where 4,878 candidates were marked absent out of 60,857 candidates. Next highest number of absentees were recorded in Dibrugarh even though Darrang had more applicants. In Dibrugarh, 4,729 candidates didn’t sit for the exam out of 33,967 candidates.

In Cachar, the examination in the morning shift was held over 114 centres where 56,401 candidates were supposed to appear for it. The second shift had just 30 centres and 23,649 candidates for the exam. Among the centres, National Institute of Technology, Silchar (NITS) had the highest number of seats in the district. It accommodated 2,300 seats in both shifts. Out of 4600 candidates, a total of 383 missed their examination, 182 in the first shift and 201 in the second.

After NIT, Gurucharan College, Silchar had the most seats, 1500 in each shift. In GC College there were 195 absentees, 100 in the first shift and 95 in the afternoon. Next to GC College is Cachar College, where out of 2500 applicants, 190 missed their exam. 96 in the morning shift and 94 in the afternoon shift were marked absent. Bam Bidyapith High School reported the 4th highest absentees in the district, out of 1620 candidates, 166 didn’t sit for the exam. 81 candidates were absent in the morning shift and 85 in the afternoon. Don Bosco School, Silchar had the seats for 2000 candidates, 1000 in each shift. In Don Bosco, 77 candidates didn’t appear for the exam in the morning shift and 83 in the afternoon. This brings Don Bosco’s absentees’ tally to 160 candidates.

The Direct Recruitment Test for Grade IV posts were held on August 21, where the number of absentees were 5,528 in Cachar, the centre of examination for Karimganj and Hailakandi as well. Many students missed that examination owing to the traffic conditions on National Highway 6, which connects Silchar to Karimganj and Hailakandi. But yesterday, that was not the case, the government also arranged an exam special train from Karimganj, which reached Silchar at 8:30 AM. Many candidates who didn’t want to take a chance also reached Silchar, a day in advance and yesterday, the Cachar Police also took concrete steps to manage the traffic flow in and outside the town. A huge force was deployed to ensure that there were no roadblocks and No Entry was clamped for heavy and goods carriers. In such conditions, traffic can not be the reason behind this huge number of absentees.