Rajasthan suspends mobile internet in numerous districts to prevent cheating in teachers’ exam

The Rajasthan Eligibility Exams for Teachers are being conducted to recruit 31,000 Grade 3 teachers in the state. Originally scheduled for 20 June, the exams were postponed due to Covid.

Applicants stand in a queue as they arrive to appear for the Rajasthan Eligibility Exam for Teachers (REET), at Government Dungar College, in Bikaner on 26 September 2021 | ANI

Jaipur: Rajasthan Eligibility Exam for Teachers (REET) 2021 is being conducted in Jaipur on Sunday, amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and suspension of mobile internet services.

Mobile internet services, bulk SMS/MMS and other social media by internet service providers (except for voice call of landline, mobile phone, and landline broadband) had been suspended in Ajmer, Alwar, Dausa, Jhunjhunu and Jaipur rural districts from 6 am to 6 pm on Sunday in the wake of REET exam, informed an official notification.

REET 2021 is being conducted to recruit 31,000 Grade 3 teachers in the state. The exam was earlier scheduled to be held on June 20 but was postponed due to the Covid-19.

The exams are being conducted keeping in place all the precautionary measures at examination centres. Speaking to ANI, police personnel Bhanu Prakash said, “Staff and students at the examination centre are very cooperative and all the COVID-19 protocols are being followed.”

However, a few candidates, standing in a queue outside an examination centre, complained about the problems they faced in reaching the centre.

“I faced many difficulties in reaching the examination centre due to huge crowd and ongoing restrictions,” said a candidate standing outside the centre.

Another candidate from Unnao said that it took him around a day in reaching the centre.