The lecturer Teacher (lT) examination of Uttarakhand Subordinate Services Selection Board (USSSB) was organised at 96 examination centres in different parts of the State on Sunday. The examination was taken to fill 1272 posts of lT in the Government schools of the state.
The Secretary of the USSSB, Santosh Badoni said that about 85 percent of the total registered candidates participated in the examination. He said that in Garhwal division 53 examination centres were made in which 17991 out of 22121 candidates sat in the examination while in Kumaon division 140730 out of 17155 candidates participated in the examination in 43 centres. The candidates can register their grievance about questions asked in the examination on the official website of the board from January 22 to 28.
In terms of the number of posts this recruitment drive of lT is the biggest in recent years and the State administration took special measures to conduct these examinations.
Special observers were appointed by the board in all examination centres.
The examination was taken in 12 subjects by the board. The candidates while coming out of the examination centre of DAV PG College appeared relieved. Sangita Sharma of Kotdwar said that the question paper was easy as compared to the last lT examination.
She said that some questions in child psychology section were confusing. Shalini Gusain, a resident of Friend’s Enclave, Dehradun said that most of the questions asked in the science section were from the NCERT books of class XI and XII.
She said that the easy question paper also means that the cut off percentage to clear the examination would also be on a higher side. It was just like an examination fair.