Re-evaluation of 40th BCS written test demanded

A group of examinees, who failed the written test of 40th BCS exam, yesterday demanded re-evaluation of the result as over 1000 examinees have raised question over it.

The demand came from a sit-in in front of Bangladesh Public Services Commission at Agargaon. After the programme, they held a press conference at Dhaka University Journalists' Association.

They told the press conference that they passed two or three BCS exams earlier but got non-cadre posts. This year, they had more preparation and they were expected to go for viva, but failed.

"We expected at least 570 marks or more on the basis of previous experience but didn't even cross the bar of 450," said Saidul Khan, a protestor.

"I was astonished and still cannot believe that I did not pass the exam whereas I was expecting a very good result as I did quite well," he added.

Another astonishing thing is that PSC re-evaluated 8,000 exam papers within 10 to 12 days while they took one year to evaluate 17,000 papers, said Saidul.

"The collapse, we think, in the result must have occurred due to OMR, overlapping or other technical reasons. We want re-evaluation of the result immediately," said Jobaer Ahmed, an examinee.

The protesters gave a 24-hour ultimatum to the authorities concerned to respond to them and threatened to go for a hunger strike.

On January 27, PSC published the long-awaited result where a total of 10,964 candidates managed to obtain pass marks. A total of 20,277 examinees passed the preliminary tests who sat for the exam held on May 3 in 2019.

The viva voce will begin on February 17.