I think this has been among some of the best decisions even taken in the field of education. For a number of reasons, one being which bringing injustice to a lot of meritorious candidates, The Minister of State for Personnel, appealed to all state chief ministers to stop the practice of conducting interviews for a number of Group B (non-gazetted) and Group C (non-technical) posts in the Central Government’s various ministries and departments. The Minister did write to all state chief ministers, suggesting that interviews for lower-level positions be eliminated “whenever practicable.” The Central Government did propose that candidates be chosen through a competitive test conducted by the Public Service Commission and other recruitment organisations. The ministry hoped that this step be a significant step toward attaining the goal of citizen-centric transparent governance. And I, am certainly with them in their decision.
Honestly, I’ve also been a victim of this in the past and have got the benefit of its removal process too.
Though, I saw some the other basic reasons behind this as well:
a) Because they failed the interview, some of the more qualified candidates who are higher on the merit list are sometimes dismissed. Injustice!!!
b) When human interaction is included in the interview process, it can lead to unscrupulous practices like as bribes. Injustice!!!!
c) Candidate selection would become more objective and open.
d) It was worsening the situations of the poor and resource-poor candidates.
The change which I see which everyone is going to see is that the elimination of interviews for junior government positions will undoubtedly give merit more weight and value. This removal will also help the administration accomplish its goal of “maximum governance, least government.”
