Several aspirants of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Service Exams (CSE) have been demanding an extra attempt as many couldn’t appear for the exams amid the Covid-19 first and second waves. The candidates have now demanded age relaxation and extra attempts to sit for the national-level competitive exam.
The students have demanded at least two years of age relaxation. They have taken to social media platforms with the hashtags #UPSCExtraAttempt and #ExtraAttemptForAll to put forth their demands. Candidates have cited several reasons including internet issues in remote regions, lockdown, loss of family members, online classes, mental stress, among the reasons they were not able to appear for the exams. Candidates are allowed to appear for six attempts in total and some have not been able to take the last couple of exams due to the pandemic.
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“We are just asking for a chance to compete and win not any other sort of concession. Such compensations were given even before and then, it was not an unprecedented situation as like how we faced in 2020,” wrote one Twitter user.
A minimum of 2 years age relaxation in all central gov job exams. Covid has already ruined past 2 years and we’re into the 3rd year of the pandemic already. Vacancies are less and so is the opportunity. #UPSCExtraAttempt#ExtraAttemptForAll— upsc wala (@hello_upsc) January 10, 2022
IMMEDIATE RELIEF TO ASPIRANTSThere is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.COVID-19 has Shattered the dreams of many UPSC and other exam candidates of the year 2020 & 2021.Xtra attempt in 2022#ExtraAttemptForAll #UPSCExtraAttempt@Dop— Shubhankit Srivastava (@SHUBHANKITSRIV4) January 8, 2022
Pls sir pls consider providing one compensatory attempt to upsc aspirants #UPSCExtraAttempt— Deepak rai (@Deepakr56009491) January 9, 2022
#ExtraAttemptForAll#UPSCExtraAttempt #UPSCWe are just asking for a chance to compete and win not any other sort of concession. Such compensations were given even befor and then, it was not an unprecedented situation as like how we faced in 2020. @PMOIndia— Sreeja Gangadharan (@SreejaGangadhar) January 8, 2022
IMMEDIATE RELIEF TO ASPIRANTS #ExtraAttemptForAll #UPSCExtraAttempt https://t.co/6ehVoegH0k— Ruchika Bhatnagar (@Ipenitj) January 10, 2022
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Meanwhile, UPSC has completed the preliminary exams and the mains exam is going on. It is being held on January 7, 8, 9, 15, and 16. A total of 9,200 candidates registered for the exams. A total of nine papers are being held by the commission.
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