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The UPPSC PCS Prelims 2024 exam was scheduled to be held on December 7 and December 8 which led to a protest by candidates.
UPPSC has released the new exam dates for the PCS prelims exam.
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The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) has released a revised schedule for the Combined State/Senior Subordinate Services (Prelims) PCS exam. Earlier, the UPPSC PCS Prelims 2024 exam was scheduled to be held on December 7 and December 8. However, following protests by candidates against the UPPSC PCS being conducted in multiple shifts over two days, the commission decided on November 14 to conduct the examination in a single day.
UPPSC PCS Prelims 2024 Exam Date
According to the latest official notification, the UPPSC PCS 2024 prelims will be conducted on December 22 in two sessions. The first session will be held from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM and the Second session will be conducted from 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM.
UPPSC RO/ARO Exam Date
The commission has not released the exam schedule for the UPPSC Review Officer/Assistant Review Officer recruitment exams. The exams were originally scheduled to be held on December 22 and December 23.
UPPSC Exam Date Protest
Thousands of UPPSC aspirants protested against the conduction of PCS Prelims 2024 and Review Officer and Assistant Review Officer (RO/ARO) preliminary examinations on multiple days in multiple shifts. Taking part in the protest on November 11, the aspirants demanded “One Day, One Shift, No Normalisation”.
On Thursday, as the protest entered its third day, the commission agreed to conduct the PCS preliminary exam 2024 in a single shift. Accepting the demands of the aspirants, the UPPSC on Thursday postponed the Review Officer (RO) and Assistant Review Officer (ARO) exams and announced to hold the Provincial Civil Services (PCS) preliminary exam on the old pattern.
The Commission’s decision came after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took cognizance of the demand of the students and asked the Commission to take necessary decisions by communicating and coordinating with the candidates.
