The Uttar Pradesh government has constituted a high-level committee to probe into irregularities in the recruitment examination held for 68,500 assistant teachers and suspended a top official of exam regulatory authority, officials said Saturday.
In the exam, whose results were declared in August, more than one lakh aspirants had appeared, but only 41,556 could clear it.
A government spokesperson said, "In this examination, a list of 23 examinees was obtained, who had not cleared the examination, but were declared as qualified."
The spokesperson said, "Taking cognisance of irregularities in the recruitment exam held for 68,500 assistant teachers, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has constituted a high-level team. The team will probe the irregularities and submit its report in seven days."
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