Examination for the post of primary school teacher was held by the Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB) in which several candidates could not sit in the exam because of the confusion over the name of the examination center.
The candidates had their admit cards with address of the exam center as ' GGSSS (Government Girlsʼ Senior Secondary School), Sunder Nagri, Near Gagan Cinema, Delhi-110093' but as they reached the address, they found the board with the school name ' Government Co-ed Senior Secondary School' as a result of which candidates ran around to find the center written on the admit card and missed the reporting time.
Suresh Chandra Shakya, vice-principal of the school said ' the school was recently bifurcated into girlsʼ and boysʼ schools. He said the board was old and had to be removed'.
However, the denied candidates alleged that they were not allowed to enter into the center despite mistake being on the part of the school.
Pooja Yadav, one of the aspirants who was not allowed to write the exam said ' I had reached the Sunder Nagri school within the reporting time, but the address on the admit card was so vague. The school which was our exam center had a co-ed board outside. At least 50 others missed the exam as we reached the venue 10 minutes late. We were shooed away by the principal as well as the DSSSB Flying Officer.'
The vice-principal of the school claimed that they have put enough posters near the gate claiming the new name of the school. 'We were not able to remove the big board, but we had put up posters everywhere. Some people came late and unnecessarily created a ruckus. They even broke our school gate. We were instructed to not allow anyone inside after 12.30 pm,' Shakya said.
DSSSB Chairman A C Verma, in a statement, said the “overall supervision at exam centers had been strengthened with deployment of senior-level IAS/DANICS officers” and that the exam was held in a “fair and peaceful manner”.
“Stray incidents of use of blue-tooth devices by three-four candidates were reported and the culprits were handed over to police. Complaints were filed by respective center superintendents,” he added.