CM inaugurates online exam centre of Kerala PSC

: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan todayurged the Kerala Public Service Commission to make software hassle free to make it accessible for the common people and weaker sections as well.
"PSC should make hassle free software. This will helpto speed up its functioning in the state", he said, addressing a function after inaugurating the online examination centre of the Publice Service Commission (PSC) here.
Vijayan called for expansion of online examination system targetting vast section of the youth in the state, including tribals and marginalized sections.
Hailing PSC's efforts to conduct exams online, he said "it is a good effort, but we have to go a long way".

PSC Chairman K S Radhakrishnan said candidates from North Kerala would no longer need to go to Thiruvananthapuram to write their examinations.
Expensesfor the PSC would also come down from Rs 200 per candidate at present to just Rs 10, he said.
The centre caters to the needs of thousands of job seekersin the north Kerala districts of Kasargod, Kannur, Kozhikode,Wayanad, Malappuram and Palakkad.
Fourth in the state after Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam and Pathanamthitta, it has a seating capacity of 321 as against 200 in the other centres, he said.