As many as 21,869 students are appearing for civil services preliminary examinations in Chhattisgarh which will be held on August 24 in 50 examination centres in Raipur, officials said on Friday.
The examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) New Delhi will be held in the State in two shifts, first from 9.30 am to 11.30 am and second 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm.Joint collector Dipak Agrawal has been appointed as Coordinating Supervisor while Additional Collector Mahadev Kaonre will be inspecting officer for the examination.
The authorities have held the meeting of all the head of the examination centers and issued necessary directives to ensure the examination is conducted without any trouble.A total of 50 transport officers have been appointed to take examination materials to the examination centres. Each Transport Officer will be accompanied by a armed security guard. In addition to it, the authorities have also deployed 10 reserve transport officers.
The State government has set up a Control Room at the Collectorate in Raipur for smooth conduct of the examination.
Joint Director of the Skill Development Authority K.S. Patel has been made the Control Room In-charge. In addition to it, five assistant In-charges have also been put on duty.The Control Room has already started functioning and it will continue to operate on August 23 and 24 from 10 am to six pm. The students appearing in the examination have been told to reach the examination venue one hour before of the scheduled time
They will not be allowed to carry bag, electronics devices such as mobile, calculator etc. Each Examination Centre will have two male and two female officials for carrying out necessary checking of candidates.