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MP clears promotion path for 15,000 Class 4 staff with CPCT relief
Madhya Pradesh’s General Administration Department (GAD) has issued orders paving the way for promotion of about 15,000 Class 4 employees to Assistant Grade-3 posts, nearly two months after the chief minister’s announcement. Eligible staff will be exempted from submitting a Computer Proficiency Certification Test (CPCT) score card at the time of promotion, though they must still meet computer proficiency and prescribed educational qualifications.
Employees with the required educational qualification will be promoted on a two-year probation during which they must pass the CPCT exam and obtain a one-year computer diploma or certificate from a recognised institute. If they fail to complete the requirements in two years, the probation may be extended by up to three years. Failure to meet the conditions within the total five-year period will result in mandatory reversion to the original Class 4 post.
Employees who have turned 45 by the promotion date are exempt from submitting the CPCT score card, though the computer proficiency condition remains. The exemption applies only to departmental promotions, not direct recruitment. On 14 October, employees protested against GAD's earlier order that had denied promotion or reversed promoted staff for lack of CPCT clearance.
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GAD’s order resolves a bottleneck that had stalled promotions for thousands of Class 4 staff across Madhya Pradesh departments. The two-year probation with a five-year maximum window gives employees time to meet computer literacy requirements without losing their promotion opportunity entirely, while the age-based exemption for those above 45 protects longer-serving workers who may find it harder to clear a standardised test. The key condition remains that computer proficiency is mandatory for all, even for the exempted group, the relief is only from submitting the CPCT score card at the time of promotion. The government has not specified a deadline for departments to begin implementing the promotions.
Source: bhaskar.com
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