Besides, the Commission has also
changed the pattern of the examination and included descriptive portion (essay
writing) in it for the first time.
Hundreds of students are selected
through the CGLE every year for various mid-level central government jobs,
including as Assistant in Intelligence Bureau and Inspector in Income Tax.
"It has been decided to conduct
the CGLE through online mode rather than Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) based.
It is a historic decision that will bring in more transparency in the
examination process," SSC Chairman Ashim Khurana said.
He said a video walk through on the
SSC's website has been put up to help the aspirants understand the new pattern.
About 38 lakh aspirants, who had
already applied for CGLE 2016, will have to take the test under the new pattern
which will be conducted in the next two months.
"A notice mentioning the
changes in pattern of examination has been issued. The new online system will
effectively put a check on any incident of leakage of exam paper or tampering
with the examination process," Khurana told .
He said the Commission is getting
positive feedback from the students across the country on the recently
announced changes.
The decision to hold the CGLE online
was endorsed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi also, senior officials in
Personnel Ministry said.
The SSC is one of the largest
recruiting agencies in the country mandated to conduct eight exams. It will
fill about 89,000 government posts this year alone from among about two crore
applicants.
The Commission's flagship CGLE is
for filling vacancies in 30 different services in the central government.
There will be no fresh application
for CGLE 2016 and those who have already applied will have to take the exam on
computer rather than OMR mode, which was prone to malpractices by tech-savvy
syndicates, the officials said.
The computer-based examination will
ensure greater confidentiality and faster processing of results, they said.
The SSC has for the first time been
authorised to make recruitment for gazetted posts of Indian Audit and Accounts
department.
As per the changed pattern, the CGLE
will now be conducted in three tiers instead of two.
In phase I, there will be 100
questions as against 200 earlier. The aspirants will get 1.15 hours instead of
two. There will be no change in tier II and two papers of 200 marks each would
continue. Those who qualify in both tier I and II, will have to take tier III
exam of 100 marks which will be descriptive in nature, the officials said.
They said the descriptive portion
will help in checking candidates' comprehension and analytical skills. The New Indian Express
