Patna, Sept,1: If any one facing an interview conducted by the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) he can be rest assured of the impartiality of the board members holding the interview. For, the BPSC does not provide the candidate's personal details, like candidate's name, fathers name, category information etc, of the candidates to the board members.
BPSC had introduced this system in the 47th combined competitive examination for Bihar administrative and allied services, the new system particularly aims to nullify even the remotest possible chance of bias on the part of board members.
The Personal details of applicants may lead to some bias as it sometimes reveal his/her caste and other information about his/her background, but absence of such information would not allow any bias to creep in at the time of interview what candidates have alleged in past .
The board members who are involved in interview are not permitted to ask name or father's name of the candidate during the course of interview and for them the candidate's only identification is his/her roll number.
The BPSC conducts basket of examinations to select aspirants for prime jobs in the Bihar government and it is probably first such body in the country to have introduced such a system.
"Some of the board members resisted the idea initially claiming that lack of identification might create problems during the course of the interview, but after conducting the interview they changed their views and one of them opined that the system should also be introduced at the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)," this is what the BPSC officials said to the media way back when they effected the norms make interview free and fare.
Incidentally, BPSC has introduced yet another system which pertains to inviting experts from outside the state to conduct interviews. While the board is headed by one of member of BPSC, other members are invited from reputed institutions like IITs, Delhi University (DU) etc.
The retired bureaucrats, and educationists who have served in other states, are invited to the BPSC interview board. The commission also ensures that every time there is an interview, new faces are invited. The BPSC has sealed the remotest possibility of candidates having any link with board members so it looks like a fare deal.
BPSC is not only wanted to be transparent in its functioning rather it also wants to be visible to the candidates
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