Roughly 75% of Candidates Miss Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission Exam
Out of more than 3.2 lakh registered applicants for 510 field worker posts, the vast majority were absent as the test was held nearly two years after the initial notification.
A Jharkhand government recruitment examination saw roughly three-quarters of registered candidates fail to appear, with many attributing their absence to admit-card emails that arrived too late and test centres located far from their homes. The Indian Express reported the mass no-show, highlighting logistical failures that effectively barred a majority of applicants from competing for public-sector jobs.
Nearly three-quarters of the 3,22,867 candidates registered for the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission’s Field Worker Recruitment Examination did not sit for the test on July 19, with many attributing their absence to admit-card emails that arrived late and examination centres located hundreds of kilometres from their homes. Only 86,444 candidates, roughly 26 percent of those registered, appeared for the 510 posts advertised in 2024, an examination held nearly two years after the notification was issued (Indian Express).
While the commission uploaded admit cards to its website a few days before the exam, several candidates from Jharkhand and Bihar said they either received no email intimation or received it on or after the examination date. The JSSC maintained that all information was available on its website ahead of time (Indian Express).
Lipika Mahapatra, a 26-year-old from Baharagora in East Singhbhum district, said she was allotted a centre in Hazaribagh, over 300 km away. She learned of the centre assignment only about four days before the exam after checking the website herself, but the email confirming her admit card arrived on July 20, a day after the test. “There was no convenient travel option from my place. Even if I reached Hazaribagh, I would have had to arrange a place to stay and bear the travel expenses. It was simply not possible in three to four days,” she said. Mahapatra added that she had prepared well and viewed the recruitment as a major opportunity (Indian Express).
Rupesh Kumar, 22, from Sahibganj faced a longer journey; his centre was in Gumla, roughly 550 km away. He said the email regarding his admit card reached him around noon on July 19, after the examination had begun. “Had I known about the centre earlier, I would have had to leave at least two days in advance because of the distance. By the time I came to know, it was too late… Jharkhand has a poor transportation system, and in such heavy rainfall, many trains were not on time,” he said. Kumar noted he had filled the application form nearly two years ago and missing the exam meant losing an opportunity he had been waiting for since 2024 (Indian Express).
Ganesh Kumar Sonkar, 21, from Hazaribagh said he was allotted a centre in Deoghar and skipped the exam because he could not afford the travel (Indian Express). The commission has not yet commented on whether it will address the grievances regarding centre allocation or the timing of email notifications.
Indian Express