A day after Patna educators Faizal Khan, widely known as Khan Sir, and Motiur Rahman, also called Guru Rahman, joined protests against the “normalisation” of marks in the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) examination, the police have denied reports of their detention or arrest.
The “normalisation” process, commonly used in exams like NEET-UG, involves statistically adjusting scores of candidates who appear in multiple shifts. It aims to account for variations in the difficulty of question papers across different shifts by adding or deducting marks to equalise scores, according to The Indian express.
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On Friday, a magistrate stationed near the BPSC office had told reporters that Khan Sir and Guru Rahman were seen “going with police,” implying a brief detention. However, neither educator confirmed nor denied the claim.
Anu Kumari, Sub-Divisional Police Officer of Patna’s Sachivalaya area, dismissed the reports as “baseless, misleading, and provocative.” While the police denied detaining the educators, they acknowledged detaining more than half a dozen students involved in the protests.
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The two educators, who run popular coaching centres in Patna, had joined the protests against BPSC’s reported plan to introduce the normalisation process in the preliminary examination scheduled for December 13.
As the protests intensified on Friday evening, the BPSC issued a notification clarifying that it would not implement normalisation. Instead, it announced that the preliminary exam would be conducted in a single shift, as per the original advertisement.
Approximately 4.25 lakh students are expected to appear for the upcoming BPSC prelims.