OSSSC Under Fire for Timing Physical Test in March After Death of Two Job Aspirants

THE Odisha Sub-Ordinate Staff Selection Commission (OSSSC) is under fire for scheduling the physical test in March after two job aspirants for forester, forest guard and livestock inspector posts died in the last 24 hours.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Bhubaneswar

Candidates, who took the exam, said the physical tests were delayed by the OSSSC owing to irregularities in the written examination and the timing was bad.

According to reports, the OSSSC conducted the combined recruitment examination (CRE) 2023 for 2,712 posts of foresters, forest guards and livestock inspectors from April 24 to May 7, 2024. Around 2.5 lakh students had appeared for the test.

However, the examination was mired in controversy as several mistakes were pointed out in the question paper by candidates. Subsequently, OSSSC released a revised answer key and merit list in August last year but many alleged that names of several undeserving candidates who had scored low also figured in the list.