UPPSC Agrees to Single-Day PCS Exam After Student Protests; Agitation Officially Ends

Prayagraj:  students on Friday ended ir agitation, a day after UPPSC agreed to ir demand to conduct Provincial Civil Services Preliminary Examination on a single day.

agitation was going on since November 11 to demand that exams be held on one single day.

Uttar Presh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) on Friday announced that Provincial Civil Services (PCS) Preliminary Exam-2024 will be held on December 22 in two shifts.

Giving this information, UPPSC Secretary Ashok Kumar said earlier PCS Preliminary Examination was proposed for December 7 and December 8. Now it will be conducted on December 22 in two sessions -- in first session from 9.30 am to 11.30 am and in second session from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm.

Despite announcement, 10-15 people are still sitting on dharna in front of UPPSC office. police said y will find out who se people are.

ACP (Civil Lines) Shyamjeet Singh said student leer Pankaj Pandey has formally announced end of agitation. But some people are still sitting in front of Commission.

Pandey said, " government has accepted one demand and 90 per cent of our work has been done in second demand. That will happen when committee report comes.

"We will consider it after report comes. Today we ended protest and vacated protest site," he said.

protesters' leer said y have told all students to go home and study. Now no student will stay here, he ded.

" date of PCS pre-examination has been announced and we hope that whatever date is announced for RO (Review Officer) and Assistant RO (ARO) exams, it will also be held like PCS... Now whoever is staying here, he has stayed personally to protest in his own way," Pandey said.

students began protesting in front of UPPSC gate after Commission announced December 7 and 8 for PCS preliminary exam and December 22 and 23 for RO and ARO preliminary exams.

y demanded that exams be held on a single day. 

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