Gujarat : Edutest Solutions blacklisted in UP Police Paper Leak Case

AHMEDABAD: The Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Boards (UPPRPB) has blacklisted Gujarat-based Edutest Solutions Private Limited following the alleged disclosure on its involvement in the UP police constable recruitment exam paper leak case. Edutest, located in Ahmedabad, was assigned the task to conduct the UP police constable recruiting exam.

The development coincides with mounting questions about the fairness of the hiring process. After claims of leaked question paper, the test was called off on February 24, 2024. Aiming for one of the 60,244 policeman post, almost 4.8 million hopefuls showed up for the test.

Investigators claim that Vineet Arya, managing director of Edutest Solutions left the country apparently to evade legal punishment after the UP police recruitment exam paper leak case came to fore. Four times he has apparently received summons from the UP Police Special Task Force (STF), asking him to record his statement. Arya has not appeared before the authorities, though.

Edutest has been blacklisted, though, by the Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Boards. This action essentially forbids the company from conducting any upcoming recruitment tests for state government organizations. Legal action against Edutest for their claimed involvement in the paper leak is also under way.

This disclosure throws doubt on Edutest’s standing.  Having over 40 years of expertise and a worldwide clientele, its website claims to be “India’s most trusted name in the educational assessment sector”. The firm apparently does more than 50 million tests a year.

The aspirants waiting for the dates of Uttar Pradesh Police Constable Recruitment Re-Exam may get some good news soon. After the official announcement of the dates by the Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board (UPPRPB), the notification of the exam date will be uploaded on the official website of the board uppbpb.gov.in. The candidates will be able to read other important guidelines along with the dates. It is believed that the UP Police Constable Recruitment Exam is likely to be held in the first week of July. The correct information will be available only from the notification issued by the board.

The constable recruitment exam held on February 17 and February 18 was cancelled on February 24 after the paper was leaked. UP CM Yogi Adityanath had said that the exam would be conducted again within six months. The CM had said that there can be no compromise with the purity of the examinations.