EXCLUSION OF TRIBAL LANGUAGES IN SPSC EXAMS NOT FAIR

Letter:
This is in reference to letter to the Editor, “SPSC: SOME SAME, SOME COPY?” published in NOW! issue dated 18 Oct 2012. We are also equally aspirants for the upcoming SPSC examination for the post of Under Secretary which is supposed to be the superior service and the top most entry to the bureaucratic setup of the state. As alleged, the pattern of the examination and the format were inspired by UPSC examination. The Department of Personnel which is the parent department looking after the appointment of any level of Government employees of the state has quite conveniently ignored the inclusion of Optional Subjects viz; Bhutia, Lepcha and Limboo this time. As a result hundreds of aspiring tribal candidates were coerced to opt for another subject as Optional Subject in which they have the least knowledge compared to the above subjects. These tribal state languages were included as Optional Subject for State Civil Service examination for the selection to the post of Under Secretary held during 2008. These languages are recognized state languages of Sikkim and are at a developing stage which needs love and care of all sections of the Sikkimese society irrespective of caste and creed which in turn will contribute in maintaining a strong social fabric.
Hence, we, on behalf of the concerned and deprived applicants, appeal to the SPSC and the DoP to reconsider and postpone the last date for the receipt of the application and re-notify the proposal to include Bhutia, Lepcha and Limboo, (the mother language Lho-Men-Tsong -sum ) in the State Civil Service examination, 2012  in the interest of the above deprived tribal applicants.
G. Lepcha & groups on behalf of the deprived students, Rhenock, East Sikkim [recvd on email]