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Call for the President of the Republic to intervene with the Chief of Police to remove psychometric tests from the police recruitment process, candidates who sat the recent examinations.
The 46 candidates, who had passed the psychometric test in 2021 but failed when the test was retaken in 2022, gathered today in protest outside the Presidential Palace, where they unanimously approved a resolution to that effect.
Specifically, the resolution, which was approved by acclamation by the protesters, calls for unequal treatment of the 46 candidates who failed the retake of the psychometric test, compared to candidates in another police recruitment process. They also note that they oppose the decision of the Chief of Police to retain for a period of two years the results of the written tests for those candidates who succeed in them.
As the candidates explain in the petition, this decision "does not remedy the negative consequences suffered by the 46 candidates who passed the first psychometric tests and failed the second". They also note that some of them resigned from their jobs when they were notified of the test results, so they are now unemployed.
In calling for the abolition of the psychometric tests, the candidates state that "it has been established in practice that the psychometric tests of cognitive abilities are completely unreliable, since it is not logical that the 46 people affected passed the first test [...] and failed the second test [...]". They add that "the pass criteria in the psychometric cognitive ability procedures lead to an unfair way of assessing candidates."
Source: CNA
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