BPSC Announces Dates for Mains

Unaffected by continuing protests, flying allegations on social media and court cases, the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) on Wednesday announced the dates for the Mains exam from April 25-30, except April 27, at Patna centres.

- Arun Kumar

PATNA:

The Commission made the announcement on its official X handle with official notifications signed by the exam controller.

The students, who have cleared PT (preliminary test), can fill online applications for Mains exam from February 21 to March 17, says the notification.

The exam schedule for different optional subjects have also been issued. The details and guidelines for filling the forms are available on the BPSC official website.

On January 23, BPSC released the PT results. Out of 3,28,990 candidates who took the test, 21,581 clearing the preliminary test.

The re-exam was conducted on January 4 for just one centre in Patna, the Bapu Exam Centre, where it was cancelled due to delay, lapses and students' unrest on December 13.

Despite protests by students, all the opposition parties at one point of time competing with one another to express solidarity with them for nearly a fortnight and Jan Suraj Party founder and poll strategist Prashant Kishor sitting on indefinite hunger strike, the BPSC all along stuck to its stand that there would be no re-test of the 70th combined competitive examination for all the students, while the government has shown so far no inclination to intervene.