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If you can write in English, you are expected to talk in English: UPSC
If you can write in English, you are expected to talk in English, the Union
Public Service Commission (UPSC) told an Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
aspirant who had alleged bias over interviews being conducted in English.
Chittaranjan Kumar, who appeared for the written part of the 2008 civil services
examination in English, had moved the Bombay high Court, claimed he had become a
'victim' of the language policy.
Advocate Rui Roderigues, counsel for the UPSC, denied any bias and said that
candidates who chose to answer the written examinations in Hindi or a local
language, had the option of choosing the interview round in the same language or
English. However, candidates who had opted to answer the written part of the
examinations in English, could only choose that language for the
interview/personality test round.
"A candidate who is capable of clearing the written part of the civil services
examination by writing in English in as many as seven descriptive papers of
different subjects apart from language papers is expected to have adequate
communication skills to express oneself before the interview board," said M
Mukhopadhyay, under-secretary, UPSC in an affidavit submitted by Roderigues.
The UPSC affidavit went on to illustrate that speech is the first skill that
anyone learns. "It is common knowledge that of the three usages of
English-speaking, reading and writing-the speaking part is easiest to learn
while the writing part is felt to be the toughest," said the affidavit, adding,
"A child first learns to speak, while skills of reading and writing come
thereafter."
The UPSC further said that allowing candidate who appears in the written
examination in English to opt for another language in the interview would make
the process of interview cumbersome, requiring a number of interpreters.
Courtesy: timesofindia.indiatimes.com