UP Police Constable Exam 2024: The five-day recruitment exam to fill more than 60,000 vacancies in the Uttar Pradesh Police has ended. Nearly 32 lakh candidates appeared in the exam. The state government has described it as the “biggest police recruitment exam” in its history. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath congratulated the candidates, UPPRPB, district administration and state police for ensuring “smooth and fair” conduct of the exam.
CM Yogi congratulated after the exam was over
After the completion of the five-day constable recruitment examination, CM Yogi congratulated and wished all the candidates for the examination conducted in a fair, transparent and peaceful manner. He wrote on his social media account ‘X’ (earlier Twitter), ‘Hearty congratulations to all the candidates for the fair, transparent and peaceful completion of the written examination-2023 conducted for the selection of more than 60,200 posts of constable civil police! Infinite best wishes to all the energetic and disciplined youth who participated in the examination, may they get the desired results, may everyone have a bright future!’
He further wrote, ‘Heartfelt thanks to all the people who helped in conducting the world’s largest civil police recruitment examination successfully and safely, to the Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board and the district administration of all the districts!’
A great gift for daughters
CM Yogi has announced that more than 15,000 women will be recruited in the selection process of UP Police Constable. He wrote on ‘X’, ‘More than 15 thousand daughters will be recruited in the selection process of more than 60 thousand police constables. The examination has been completed smoothly and with purity, this will further enrich the model of security and good governance in Uttar Pradesh.’ He had earlier also talked about recruiting 20 percent women.
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More than 16 lakh students left the exam
This exam, conducted by the Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board (UPPRPB), was held at 1,174 centers in 67 districts of the state. The exams held on February 17 and 18 were canceled after allegations of paper leak. CM Yogi, while canceling the exam, announced to conduct re-exams within six months. The re-exams were held in two shifts on five days – 23, 24, 25 August, 30 and 31 August. According to the official statement, out of about 48 lakh candidates, more than 32 lakh appeared in the exam. It is believed that more than 16 lakh candidates left the exam due to strict security arrangements.
These were strict arrangements for security in the exam
According to an official statement released on Saturday evening, the exam centres in UPPRPB and adjoining areas, which were earlier accused of paper leak, had high level security this time and Aadhaar verification was done for all the candidates. Apart from this, 16,440 examination rooms in 1,174 centres in the state were equipped with CCTVs and monitored by artificial intelligence, while 2,300 magistrates and about two lakh (1,97,859) policemen were deployed. The exam was held exclusively in government schools to ensure fairness.
The Uttar Pradesh police maintained a vigilant watch on various platforms, including WhatsApp and social media, while intelligence agencies were on a 24-hour alert to anticipate any potential issues. Apart from strict monitoring, the board conducted Aadhaar verification for candidates before the exam. While Aadhaar details of 85 per cent of the candidates were verified, the remaining 15 per cent had to undergo eKYC verification at the exam centres.
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2 lakh policemen of 25 PAC and 8 CAPF were deployed
The official statement said that the security system put in place to ensure the safety and integrity of the police recruitment exam included the deployment of 1,97,859 policemen, including 25 companies of Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) and 8 companies of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF). Apart from this, 137 additional superintendents of police, 522 deputy superintendents of police, 47,587 head constables, 86,844 constables and 26,587 women constables were also deployed.
The task of monitoring the exam was entrusted to 3,876 inspectors, comprising 3,740 male and 136 female inspectors, and 32,311 sub-inspectors, comprising 30,220 male and 2,091 female sub-inspectors. To further strengthen the security of the exam, 74 observer police officers were deployed at the examination centers. At the examination centers, stringent procedures were implemented for candidate verification, which included physical search, security checks with hand-held metal detectors (HHMD) and biometric verification through fingerprint and facial recognition.
62 candidates including 3 constables and more than 400 suspects were arrested
This tight security not only saved the exam from any kind of malpractice, but also led to the arrest of those who were trying to hack the exam and dupe the candidates, thereby strengthening the integrity of the exam. In the four-day exam, 62 candidates and solvers including 3 constables were arrested, 59 FIRs were registered and more than 400 suspicious candidates were caught.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)