New Delhi, April 19: For the first time, government job aspirants will have the option of taking the multitasking (non-technical) staff examination, scheduled to be conducted by the Staff Selection Commission on May 2, in 13 regional languages, in addition to Hindi and English.
According to the
government, "The decision will result in lakhs of aspirants taking part in the examination in their mother tongue/regional language and improve their selection prospects."
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Tuesday thanked the central government for this decision.
The department of personnel and training had in January this year, based on the recommendations of an expert committee, decided in principle that SSC would conduct the MTS (non-technical) examination in Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Odia, Urdu, Punjabi, Manipuri and Konkani, apart from Hindi and English.
Giving effect to the decision, SSC will start by conducting the MTS Examination, 2022 and Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination, 2022 in 15 languages used by Institute of Banking Personnel Selection or Railway Recruitment Board for conducting their examination. While notice of the MTS exam was issued earlier, the notice for the CHSL Exam in multi-language format will be issued in May-June 2023.
Union Minister for State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Dr Jitendra Singh said that attempts are being made to eventually incorporate all of the languages listed in the Constitution's Eighth Schedule. He added that SSC continually works to ensure that all segments of the people have an equal opportunity to succeed in order to eliminate regional inequities and realise the Constitution's principles while also recognising and valuing our nation's linguistic variety.
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The Minister said that the action is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision to ensure that everyone gets an equal opportunity to apply for jobs and that no one is disenfranchised or placed at a disadvantage because of a language barrier. The Minister added that the action will satisfy the long-standing requests of candidates from many states, particularly from south India, for the exams that were previously held in English and Hindi.
The Minister said that the MTS 2022 exam notice has received positive response amongst the candidates especially belonging to South India and also on social media. The first exam in multi-language (MTS 2022) will commence from May 2nd.
Dr Jitendra Singh said that States/UT governments are expected to launch a wide campaign encouraging local youths to use this opportunity of taking the examination in their mother tongue and participate in huge numbers to make a career serving the country.