Odisha PSC To Engage Univ & College Faculties For OCS Exam Paper Evaluation

Cuttack: The Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) has decided to engage of senior faculties of universities and colleges for evaluation of descriptive papers of the Odisha Civil Service (OCS) examination in a time bound manner.

According to sources, Higher Education Special Secretary Ramakant Nayak has written to registrars of all universities and principals of government degree colleges urging them to spare the services of the faculties when any requisitions are made by the OPSC.

The OPSC requires the services of faculties in the rank of Assistant Professor with at least three years of teaching experience as well as Associate Professors and Professors in different disciplines for evaluation of descriptive papers of OCS examination & other similar recruitments having descriptive papers for timely completion of the recruitment process, the letter said.

As evaluation of descriptive papers of OCS examination and other recruitment is a time-bound exercise, it requires services of such faculties for a period of 10/12 working days each.

The university and college authorities have been requested to spare the services of the serving faculties in the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor in different disciplines when such requisitions are placed before them.

Sources said the authorities have also been told to provide the list of available serving faculties in different disciplines along with their contact details (Mobile No & e-Mail Id) to the Secretary of OPSC for the preparation of a database of examiners and to enable advance planning of evaluation for different recruitment examinations.