Assam govt to hereafter conduct all recruitment exams through Universities

Oct. 7: The recent scandal revolving around the sub-inspectors recruitment examination question paper leak and the subsequent state-wide protest by the opposition parties has led the BJP-led Assam government to arrive at a new procedure for conducting recruitment tests through universities. Assam Chief Secretary Kumar Sanjay Krishna informed the state government will hereafter conduct all job recruitment through universities.

Earlier, on the instructions of Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, the Chief Secretary met the Vice-Chancellors of the five public universities, along with the registrars as well as controller of examinations of the varsities. The new decision to conduct the recruitment test by the universities was adopted in that meeting.

Further, the State Cabinet meeting held on 7 October resolved that henceforth no private parties will be involved in conducting tests for any government services related recruitment examinations. It was also resolved that either the department itself will conduct the recruitment test or else it shall be done by the state or central universities in Assam.

As such, the state government will be conducting all government job recruitment examinations through select universities, namely, Gauhati University, Tezpur University, Assam University, Dibrugarh University, and Cotton University. As per an official notification issued in this connection –

• Dibrugarh University will conduct recruitment test for Police, Home Guards, Prisons, P&RD and Labour Departments.
• Gauhati University will conduct recruitment test for Industries & Commerce, Skill Development, Transport, Excise, Forest & Environment Departments.
• Assam University will conduct recruitment test for Social Welfare and Soil Conservation Departments.
• Tezpur University will conduct recruitment test for Irrigation Department