Candidates applied for the UPSC EPFO exam can change exam centres

Mrunal Jadhav

Pune, December 10, 2020: Candidates applying for the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) have a chance to revise the exam centre for the written exam as per the prescribed selection procedure for recruitment to the posts of Enforcement Officer and Accounts Officer in Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO).

As per the notice issued by the Commission on Monday, 7 December 2020, the candidates for the EPFO Enforcement Officer / Accounts Officer recruitment examination to be held on 9 May 2021 can change the city they already selected for the examination centre. The Commission has announced to open the application for the candidates to change the exam city/centre in two phases, from 15 December to 21 December and then from 29 December 2020 to 4 January 2021. 

How to amend the exam centre?

To make changes in their UPSC EPFO EO / AO Recruitment Test Center 2021, the candidates need to click on the link to be made available on the scheduled date after visiting the Commission’s application portal, upsconline.nic.in. After this, you will have to login to the new page through your registration number and date of birth. After login, candidates will be able to see the details of the previously submitted application, from which they will be able to amend their centre by going to the section of the examination centre.

Center will get according to ‘first application – first allotment’

According to the notice of the Commission, the candidates will get the centre of their choice according to the ‘first application – first allotment’. Therefore, candidates should apply as soon as possible after the application window opens on the scheduled dates. Once the specified capacity of a particular centre is met, it will freeze. Due to the maximum limit, candidates who will not be able to find the centre of choice will have to opt for a test centre from the remaining centres.