‘Zero tolerance for malpractices’: Warns commission ahead of SSC CGL 2025 tier-1 exams

The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) will conduct the Combined Graduate Level Examination (CGL) 2025 exam from tomorrow, September 12. Ahead of the CGL exam, the commission has issued an advisory for candidates, cautioning that any attempt to indulge in unfair means will lead to cancellation of candidature.

In the latest notice, SSC has warned candidates to maintain a strict policy of ‘zero tolerance towards malpractices in its exam’. Any attempt made to indulge in unfair means will invite severe action under the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024.

The commission will conduct the SSC CGL tier-1 exam 2025 as a computer-based test (CBT) at 260 centres across more than 129 cities in the country. The exam will be held from September 12 to 26 for 14,582 vacancies.

Candidates appearing for the SSC CGL tie 1 exam 2025 can download the admit card available on the official website, ssc.gov.in, using their login credentials.

SSC’s malpractice detection measures

Given below are the detection measures taken up by the commission to avoid any malpractice in the SSC CGL phase 1 exams 2025.

• Remote control node: Advanced solutions have been deployed to detect cases where any exam node is taken under remote control.
• Impersonation at all stages: Candidates' Aadhaar verification, captured biometrics, and facial recognition at entry and exit will be used to identify impersonators. Further, CCTV surveillance and AI analytics are deployed to flag such cases
• AI system to detect cases of malpractice: CCTV surveillance and AI analytics are deployed to flag such cases.

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SSC has also informed that candidates indulging in malpractices may not be interrupted by teachers during the exam to ensure such activities do not disturb other candidates. However, based on electronic evidence, scores of such candidates will not be processed, and action will be taken to debar them through the laid-down process.

SSC CGL Exam 2025: Advisory for candidates

Ahead of the exam, SSC has advised candidates to follow the guidelines strictly to avoid cancellation of their candidature.

• Candidates should not write down answers on rough sheets with the intention of attempting all questions at once at the end. Such behaviour will be detected as ‘fast answering’ by the system and will be suspected as malpractice.
• Candidates should not speak to or peek into other candidates’ computers during the exam.
• Candidates are advised not to lock Aadhaar biometrics as biometric verification is mandatory at different stages.

Recently, in a controversial notice, SSC has also warned candidates, institutions, and organisations of imprisonment and a fine, a maximum of up to 10 years and Rs 1 crore, respectively. SSC issued a notice stating that branding post-exam paper analysis and discussion on social media is a criminal offense. Many students and teachers slammed the move as ‘suppression of students’ rights.’