Thousands of SSC aspirants protest nationwide over exam cancellations, server crashes, and mistreatment at centres, alleging mismanagement and claiming the SSC exam system has ruined their future.
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NEW DELHI: Thousands of aspirants and educators have risen in protest against the alleged mismanagement of the Staff Selection Commission’s (SSC) Selection Post Phase 13 exams, held from July 24 to August 1. A few murmurs online escalated into a massive demonstration at Jantar Mantar and outside the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) office in New Delhi, under the rallying,
“Delhi Chalo”.
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Reports from aspirants show, from malfunctioning computers, non-working mouses, and login failures to remote and unsafe exam centres without basic facilities like water or toilets, SSC candidates faced it all. Many travelled hundreds of kilometres, spending thousands, only to find exams cancelled without notice.
Mohit Tiwari, one of the protesting aspirants, shared:
“We were made to sit in poorly ventilated rooms till 10 pm. Invigilators were making reels on phones. Complaints went unheard. It felt like we were not students, but nuisances.”
Even more concerning was the use of bouncers at exam centres, reportedly to prevent students from raising objections.
“We are aspirants, not criminals. Why were there bouncers at an exam centre?”
asked a protestor.
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The scandal is Eduquity Career Technologies, the private vendor contracted to conduct the exams. Previously, tech giant TCS was managing SSC exams. Eduquity won the contract this time by quoting the lowest bid—a decision many now view as recklessly cost-driven.
Allegations have surfaced that Eduquity had previously been blacklisted, yet was handed a responsibility that determines the fate of lakhs of job aspirants.
“To save money, they awarded a national-level exam to a company with a questionable past,”
said Ronak Khatri, President of Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU).
Students reported auto-submissions, server crashes, and power cuts, with no backup systems in place. Even the tools to perform basic calculations, such as pen and paper, were reportedly of such poor quality that students couldn’t write properly.
“We need pen and paper to solve maths questions, but the ones given were so bad that we couldn’t write properly. The paper was very thin, and my computer didn’t work,”
said Monu Gulia, an aspirant protesting in Delhi.
Another aspirant part of the protest said,
“The rooms were tiny, basic facilities like water and toilets weren’t available. Invigilators were using phones and making reels. Many students were forced to sit in the exam hall till 10 pm, and there was no support for raising complaints.”
In some centres, loud music by DJs is played just outside the exam halls. In others, cattle heads were stored on the ground floor while students gave their exams upstairs.
When students tried to peacefully voice their concerns, the response was alarming. Protesters at Jantar Mantar and outside the DoPT office were reportedly met with lathi charges by Delhi Police. Many students, including women and teachers, were allegedly detained and forcefully relocated.
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“The students were protesting peacefully, but the police initiated a lathi-charge and detained teachers and female students as well. Many were injured,”
said Khatri.
Photos and videos circulating under hashtags like #SSC_System_Sudharo, #SSCMisManagement, and #SSCVendorFailure show aspirants being loaded into buses and removed from protest sites.
NSUI President Varun Choudhary, who joined the protest, condemned the crackdown:
“This is not just about exam mismanagement. It’s about silencing the youth demanding justice.”
A teacher from the protest said,
“If there are 3 lakh students and 55,000 have registered issues, that alone speaks volumes. SSC-CGL, with 30 lakh aspirants, is scheduled to start from August 13. How will SSC manage that with these broken systems?”
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