The Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission’s recent notification for recruitment of District Child Protection Officers (DCPO) has triggered concerns, mainly over a clause that the questions for one paper of the examination will be set only in English. The clause is in contrast to the notifications issued earlier this year for jobs in Group IV, Group II and Group II-A services which said the examinations will have question papers in Tamil and English.
A section of aspirants has also raised concern over the list of degrees mentioned in the required educational qualification, which according to it was limiting.
According to the notification, the examination, to be conducted online, will have two papers. The first with 200 questions can be taken in any of the five subjects mentioned as required qualification: sociology, social work, psychology, child development or criminology. The notification, issued earlier this month, said these questions will be set only in English.
