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The UPPSC PCS Prelims 2024 exam was scheduled to be held on December 7 and December 8, leading to protests by the candidates.
UPPSC has released new exam dates for PCS preliminary exam. (Symbolic/PTI photo)
Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) has released a revised schedule for the Combined State/Senior Subordinate Services (Preliminary) PCS examination. Earlier, UPPSC PCS Prelims 2024 exam was scheduled to be held on December 7 and December 8. However, following protests by candidates against UPPSC PCS being conducted in multiple shifts over two days, the commission decided to conduct the exam on November 14. same day.
UPPSC PCS Prelims 2024 Exam Date
As per the latest official notification, UPPSC PCS 2024 preliminary exam 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 held from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm.
UPPSC RO/ARO Exam Date
The Commission has not released the exam schedule for UPPSC Review Officer/Assistant Review Officer Recruitment Examination. The exams were originally scheduled to be held on December 22 and 23.
protest against uppsc exam date
Thousands of UPPSC aspirants protested against the PCS Prelims 2024 and Review Officer and Assistant Review Officer (RO/ARO) preliminary examinations being held in multiple shifts over multiple days. Taking part in the protest on 11 November, candidates demanded “one day, one shift, no normalisation”.
As the protests entered the third day on Thursday, the Commission agreed to conduct the PCS preliminary exam 2024 in a single shift. Acknowledging the demands of the candidates, UPPSC on Thursday postponed the Review Officer (RO) and Assistant Review Officer (ARO) exams and announced to conduct the Provincial Civil Services (PCS) preliminary exam on the old pattern.
This decision of the Commission 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.
