Editor,

We wish to draw the attention of the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) and the general public to an issue causing concern among certain candidates appearing for the forthcoming TGT examination scheduled for 12 July.

Recently, the commission rectified the subject in the admit cards of the affected candidates by providing a correction window from 25 June to 30 June, and subsequently reissued the corrected admit cards on 2 July. While this corrective step is appreciated, two important issues continue to cause anxiety among the affected candidates.

Firstly, the names of some candidates still contain errors and require correction before the examination.

Secondly, although the subject has been corrected, the roll numbers allotted in the earlier incorrect admit cards remain unchanged. For example, a candidate who was initially issued an admit card for English with a particular roll number now finds the subject corrected to political science or another respective subject, but the same roll number continues to be reflected.

As the examination is OMR-based and evaluation is generally carried out through a computerised system using candidate data mapped to roll numbers, many affected candidates are apprehensive whether the corrected subject details have also been updated in the evaluation database that will be used by the agency responsible for evaluating the OMR answer sheets.

While there is no evidence that such an issue exists, the absence of an official clarification has understandably created uncertainty among the affected candidates.

In the interest of transparency, and to instil confidence among aspirants, the commission may kindly consider correcting the names of the affected candidates before the examination and issuing an official notification confirming that the corrected subject details and roll number mapping have been duly updated in the database shared with the OMR evaluation agency. Such a clarification would remove unnecessary apprehension and allow candidates to appear for the examination with peace of mind.

If the above issues cannot be resolved and officially clarified before the scheduled examination on 12 July, the commission may also consider postponing the examination by one or two weeks. Such a short extension would provide sufficient time to rectify the remaining discrepancies, update the relevant databases, and communicate the changes through an official notification. This would safeguard the interests of all affected candidates and uphold the transparency, fairness, and credibility of the recruitment process.

The commission has already taken a positive step by correcting the subject in the admit cards. A timely resolution of the remaining concerns would further strengthen public confidence in the examination process and ensure that none of the approximately 30 affected candidates is prejudiced due to administrative discrepancies.

Approximately 30 affected TGT candidates