The Jharkhand Government on Thursday made a major change in the recruitment processes as the Cabinet decided that a candidate of unreserved category appearing in examinations conducted by Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC) must have passed matriculation examination from any school of Jharkhand.
This restriction will not apply on candidates who are in the reserve category in Jharkhand. This will automatically screen-out aspirants from other States. The decision for the policy change was taken during the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Hemant Soren.
The Cabinet also simplified the examination process of JSSC as the Cabinet has now abolished the preliminary test. After preliminary test abolished the selection will be done on the basis of written (Mains) examination.
For further screening the Cabinet has made it mandatory that aspirants are acquainted with local languages and customs. Since the syllabus too has been revised there will be three papers in mains examination general studies, language papers consisting Hindi and English and third will be the regional language paper. 12 languages have been notified as regional languages.
The Cabinet took 27 decisions out of which another important decision was related to the proposed monsoon session of the assembly which is set to take place from September 3 till September 9.
The Cabinet approved the appointment of three teachers as members of Jharkhand Public Service Commission. The Cabinet sanctioned appointment of Ajita Bhattacharya (associate professor, Lala Lakshminarayan Degree College, Uttar Pradesh), Anima Hansda (assistant professor of Santhali at Gossner College, Ranchi) and Jamal Ahmed who is a teacher of Urdu as well as assistant examination controller at Vinoba Bhave University in Hazaribagh.
Besides, the Cabinet extended the tenure of 22 special courts for another two years. These courts were constituted to conduct trial of rape and POCSO cases.
The cabinet also approved the proposal of higher education department to rope freshers to take PG classes who either hold a PHD degree or qualified UGC or NET. Earlier only retired teachers were roped-in to take classes. They will be paid per class and the total payment in a month will not exceed more than Rs 36,000.