SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) on Sunday wrote to Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, seeking their immediate intervention in the shocking irregularities and collapse of due process in the recently conducted JKSSB JE (Electrical) examination. The Association urged them to safeguard the integrity of examinations, ensure the welfare of candidates, and restore credibility to a system that has repeatedly failed the youth of Jammu and Kashmir.
National Convenor of the Association, Nasir Khuehami, in a statement issued here said, “What unfolded during today’s examination has shaken the faith of thousands of aspirants who travelled from remote corners of J&K with hope, only to be met with chaos, negligence, and what can only be described as a betrayal of their hard work and aspirations. The examination, originally scheduled from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., was rescheduled to 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. due to inclement weather. However, in several centres, question papers and OMR sheets had already been distributed before the revised timing was communicated. Candidates were then asked to exit and return later. This sequence not only exposed questions to some candidates but also created highly uneven conditions across centres. What followed was not an examination, but a complete mockery of fairness.”
Even more disturbingly, he said, videos have surfaced showing aspirants with OMR sheets in hand, scrolling through answers on their mobile phones inside exam centres. In some halls, one group continued writing while another was asked to wait outside, and others sat in utter confusion. “Outstation candidates, including working professionals who travelled long distances and secured rare leave, faced additional hardship. Instead of a fair and transparent examination, what unfolded was chaos and a total collapse of integrity,” he said.
Khuehami said the facts are undeniable; the JE (Electrical) paper was leaked even before the exam began; question papers were distributed, recalled, and later reused, compromising sanctity; some candidates had unfair access to questions, while others lost precious time; and videos show candidates filling OMR sheets with mobiles in hand; an open insult to merit.
The Association asserted that this is not an isolated incident. Scam after scam, leak after leak, allegation after allegation; JKSSB has become synonymous with mismanagement, corruption, and negligence. The very body tasked with protecting the merit of our youth has instead crushed their dreams under systemic failure, it said.
“This repeated pattern of scandals has destroyed public confidence in recruitment. Aspirants have spent the peak years of their lives preparing day and night for these examinations. They stay away from their families, sacrifice rest, burn the midnight oil in libraries, and fight every odd with faith in a fair system. To see those sacrifices squandered by sheer incompetence is not just negligence; it is criminal,” Khuehami said.
The Association has urged LG Sinha and CM Abdullah to take decisive intervention. What is urgently required now is their personal attention and immediate action to restore faith in the system, it said.