Shillong, Oct 7: The results of the Meghalaya police job recruitment are expected to be declared within two months.
Speaking to reporters after meeting the candidates on Tuesday, Chairman of Central Recruitment Board (CRB) Dalton P Marak said, “The final stage of preparation to declare the result is on.It is not possible to give you the exact date, but hopefully, within this month or by next month, we should be able to declare the results and start the interview for the selected candidates,” he said.
Around 54,000 candidates appeared for the written test, and the tabulation of marks is currently in progress.
“I have explained to the candidates that throughout this recruitment event, we have received 1.72 lakh applications, out of which around 1.28 lakh took part in the physical efficiency test (PET), and finally, around 58,000 candidates were qualified. However, in total, around 54,000 candidates have appeared in the written test. Right now, the firm that is engaged to conduct this written test and the whole process of recruitment they are processing the preparation of the result sheets. They are also handling a huge data of around 54,000 candidates, including the OMR sheets where the answers are given. They wanted to know all this, and so we have explained to them, and they appear to be satisfied with the explanation. If anybody has any queries or doubts, or questions regarding the ongoing process of recruitment, you are welcome to come to the CRB office or meet me in the police headquarters,” he said.
Marak said the process is transparent, with answer keys published for candidates to calculate their scores.
There are three copies of OMR sheets – the first copy is with the company for assessing the marks for the written test, the second is kept with the CRB, and the third is with the candidates.
“The candidates can compare and see how many marks they will score in the written test. They already got the marks of the PET, and then they are also able to calculate their own written test comparing with the answer keys published, so they would be able to know how much they will be scoring”, he said.
