SSC Candidates Call for Withdrawal of Imaginary UFM

Candidates who appeared for SSC examinations have called for the removal of the Imaginary UFM rule of the Staff Selection Commission, after SSC issued a notice stating that 4560 candidates were rejected on the grounds of unfair means (UFM). SSC candidates took to Twitter to make their voices heard and #SSC_REMOVE_IMAGINARY_UFM is currently trending on Twitter.

The UFM rule says that: “Candidates are strictly advised not to write any personal identity e.g. name, Roll Number, Mobile Number, Address, etc inside the Answer Book. The candidates who fail to adhere to these instructions will be awarded zero marks.”

Furthermore, the rule also states that candidates must strictly refrain from writing any personal identity “(real or imaginary, e.g. name, roll no, mobile no, address, etc (other than the name and address given in the question) inside the Answer Book otherwise their Answer Book will not be evaluated and they shall be awarded zero marks.”

This rule, candidates claim, has led to the disqualification of several individuals despite having scored good marks. “Youth is the future of the country and want to join govt depts and serve the nation is any possible way! But this unfair unethical rule not only plays with our future but also creates trust issues,” says Ritesh on Twitter.

“My Demand is simple: Scrap UFM based on "Imaginary" as it is "Arbitrary" "Ambiguous" "Open-ended" and "Against Principle of Justice." A Tool directed to "Unfairly Force Meritorious students Out of Merit"!,” says several others.

SSC, however, has acknowledged the situation and said: “Some of the rejected candidates have submitted representations to the Commission requesting for revisiting the decision of the Commission about their rejection.” SSC has also stated that they would constitute a committee of experts to examine the matter and give its recommendations for the consideration of the Commission.

SSC had conducted the Combined Higher Secondary (10+2) Level Examination-2018 (Tier-II) on 29 September 2019. This examination was arranged for 45101 candidates out of which 36112 candidates appeared in the examination, said SSC. The results were declared on 25 February 2020 in which 32600 candidates (30822 unique candidates) were shortlisted for appearing in the Skill Test against 5918 tentative vacancies.