Jammu, Dec 16 (KNS): Amid shutdown across the Valley, 100% attendance was recorded in the written examination conducted by the Recruitment Board for different posts in Department of Fire & Emergency Services on Sunday.
Director General of Police (DGP), Dilbag Singh as per a statement issued to KNS visited the centers at Srinagar and took stock of the arrangements.
He interacted with the officers and the staff involved in the written test and the candidates.
The test was held in Srinagar, Jammu and Ladakh simultaneously in two shifts.
First shift was for Fire man and Fire man driver and the 2nd shift was for technical posts.
The first shift started at 11 am to 1 pm and the 2nd shift was from 2 to 4 p.m.
The test was conducted at 10 centers in Srinagar and one each at Jammu and Kargil.
Outdoor tests for these posts were held earlier and the results were uploaded on the next day.
Out of 5457 qualified candidates from Kashmir valley, 5421 had downloaded their admit card, which was mandatory for every aspirant to appear in the test.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
5419 candidates appeared in the first shift at ten centers established in Srinagar and two candidates appeared at the Jammu centre, thus recording 100% attendance amid shutdown across the Valley.
In the second shift also, there was 100% attendance with 184 candidates appearing for technical posts.
In Jammu division, 1690 candidates out of 1709 had downloaded their admit cards, who appeared in the first meeting at Govt. Degree College Parade centre.
Similarly in the second meeting, 47 candidates out of fifty appeared for technical posts at the centre.
In Kargil, keeping in view low temperatures recorded during the day, elaborate arrangements were made at DPL Kargil centre to facilitate the appearing candidates.
38 candidates out of 39 were present at the centre making it almost 100% attendance there as well. (KNS)