Shillong, April 24: The Khasi Student Union (KSU) today has written to the Chairman, Meghalaya Public Service Commission, Shillong demanding that there should Video surveillance for interviews in the MPSC.
The Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) Central Executive Council said that in order to ensure transparency and to remove all apprehensions from the public eye, the Union had submitted a memorandum with Ref. No. : – KSU/CEC/18-19/06, dated 05.04.2018 to the Chief Minister, Shri Conrad K. Sangma whereby in point no. 8 a demand for the immediate revamping of the mode for the conduct of examinations by the Meghalaya Public Service Commission (MPSC) is mentioned.
One of the demands of the Union includes the video surveillance or coverage for all interviews conduct by the MPSC. After a thorough discussion after the submission of the said memorandum on the 05th 0f April 2018, the Chief Minister along with his colleagues had assured the KSU delegation that the matter will be looked upon and that the suggestions in the context of video surveillance or video coverage of examinations is feasible and of utmost significance.
The KSU said that, at this juncture where a year has passed after the above meeting, the KSU asked the Chairman of the MPSCto update the Union and public with the developments regarding the setting up of the new mode of examination where video surveillance or coverage is a criteria if such a direction is being conveyed to the MPSC from the government said Mr Donald V Thabah General Secretary of the KSU in the letter.
