Jharkhand govt opens email channel for student suggestions amid JPSC-JSSC exam protests

Amid ongoing protests by aspirants over recruitment examinations Jharkhand Minister Sudivya Kumar Sonu on Saturday announced that the state government has released a dedicated email ID to collect suggestions from students and stakeholders for policy reformsSpeaking to reporters here after a meeting with a delegation of agitating JPSC and JSSC aspirants in Ranchi Minister Sonu stated that the government is committed to engaging with all student groups to reach a collective decisionWe will continue to meet with various student groups and stakeholdersWe will meet with all of them Additionally we are releasing an email IDJPSSCfeedbackgmailcomAny student individual or stakeholder can send suggestions to this address and we intend to formulate a reform policy and reach a collective decision based on everyones inputThe government will take their concerns into account based on the emails received Sonu saidThe development comes in the wake of widespread protests by candidates demanding transparency and structural changes in competitive examinations conducted by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission JPSC and Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission JSSCThe state administration has urged aspirants and concerned stakeholders to utilise the newly launched email platform to share constructive suggestions and feedback for streamlining the recruitment processEarlier an eightmember student delegation from the JPSCJSSC Aspirants Justice Forum will hold talks with the governmentconstituted delegation at the State Guest House in Ranchi on Saturday morningStudents from this forum have been continuously struggling since July 5 after exposing irregularities in the 14th Civil Services Preliminary Examination conducted by JPSC on July 2These students are currently on the 15th day of their indefinite Satyagraha hunger strikepeaceful protest In support of these students student leader Devendra Nath Mahto has been on a hunger strike for the past six daysIn view of the meeting heavy security has been deployed at the State Guest House in Ranchi where the eightmember student delegation will meet the State government officials to discuss the demands of the studentsThe medical team on Saturday checked the vitals of the student protestors staging a hunger strike at the Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium in Jharkhand against the alleged irregularities in the JPSCJSSC examMeanwhile a designated delegation of the Student protestors in Jharkhand left for the Circuit House today for dialogue with representatives of the Jharkhand Government regarding the demands of the aspirantsEarlier today Student leader Devendra Nath Mahto emphasised that the demands of the aspirants remain unchanged regardless of who sits across the negotiation tableThe team has told us that we will go for a dialogue at the Circuit House at 10 am Had the government agreed to our demands when the other students met them then it wouldnt have been necessary for us to go as well It doesnt matter how many of us go to meet them All of us have the same demands which should be fulfilled he saidThe protesters at the Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium in Ranchi have demanded the cancellation of all JSSC CGL JSSC JE and PGT exams after 2019 a CBI investigation into the irregularities strict action against the mafias and agencies involved disclosure of categorywise cutoffs UR EWS BCI BCII SC ST OMR copies and response sheets for transparency regarding the process and a recruitment calendar modelled after UPSCSSC standardsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever