Question papers arrive at the centres an hour late

Candidates appearing for the Teacher Recruitment Test (TRT) conducted by TSPSC at two of the centres were on edge for an hour with a delay in the arrival of question papers.

Over 2,000 candidates had to wait for an hour to write the exam at two centres—Jyothishmathi Institute of Technology and Sciences and Vaageshwar College of Engineering—in Thimmapur on the outskirts of Karimnagar town. Other examination centres on the vicinity received the question papers on time.

When contacted, DRO Ayesha Masrath Khannam told The Hindu that the bus in which Thimmapur Tahsildar Jagath Singh, the liaison officer, was travelling met with an accident on the bridge across Manair at Alugunur village causing traffic jam. She added that the vehicle was stranded on the bridge for some time and hence the delay in distribution of question papers to candidates. “However, we covered the loss of time by giving the candidates an extra hour to write the test,” she said.

But the candidates complained that they could not write the exam properly as they were tense owing to late arrival of the question papers.

On the other hand, sources said the delay was due to lethargy on part of the liaison officers. The usual practice is to distribute the question papers to respective centres by 7.30 a.m. and the examination would begin at 10 a.m. According to the DRO, the accident on the bridge occurred between 8.20 a.m. and 8.30 a.m. when there would be heavy vehicular traffic.