Dr Ajmal Khan, vice chancellor, University of Karachi, has said that annual percentage of the candidates at the exams of Central Superior Services (CSS) has been decreasing drastically because the eligible educated youths prefer private sector in view of higher salary packages.
"Thirty percent candidates passed the written examinations in 2002," he said speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the CSS Preparatory Classes 2017 at the Social Sciences Department, here on Tuesday, expressing concern that merely 2.09% candidates out of 9,643 candidates passed the written test of CSS in 2016 that means only 202 passed.
"This is the lowest percentage of successful students since 2011," he said. Dr Khan further said that these drastic results show that quality education must be ensured to prepare the CSS aspirants at the University of Karachi that is recognised world-wide for its academic and research activities. "Candidates from Sindh, particularly from Karachi have been decreasing, leaving more and more positions vacant," he said, adding that in the years 2010 and 2011, thirty five and 21 positions under the Urban Sindh quota remained vacant, respectively, as fewer candidates applied for the exams.
Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences Professor Dr Muhammad Ahmed Qadri lamented that according to the report submitted in the parliament, a total of 71 posts remained vacant in 2013 as compared to 30 posts in 2012 and 45 in 2011. He said that in 2012, the government could only fill 240 posts out of 285 positions that put heavy responsibilities to the higher education institutions to train youth for the most prestigious career.
Dr Qadri proposed that community development programs may be launched for the youth to engage them for the welfare of society. He said that in developing countries, youth are always given preference in jobs and are brought on front seats while youths are ignored in Pakistan. He said that the developed nations always give preference to youth in every walk of life. Dean of the Faculty of Education Professor Dr Nasir Salman stressed on the need to prepare the youth of Urban Sindh especially of Karachi to appear in the CSS exams and become future bureaucrats of the country.
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