Senate body discusses FPSC methodology, procedure of holding different exams

The meeting was held here at Parliament House under the Convenership of Senator Syed Muzafar Hussain Shah. The meeting was also attended by Senator Mohsin Laghari, Senator Mir Kabeer Ahmed Muhammad Shahi, Senator Taj Haider and Senator Nuaman Wazir Khattak.

Secretary Foreign Affairs and Secretary Establishment Division also attended the meeting.

The committee directed Establishment Division, FPSC and Higher Education Commission (HEC) to submit their suggestions before the committee for finalizing recommendations.

The committee discussed the realization of mandate of the FPSC with particular relevance to contemporary needs of the country.

The committee also discussed in detail the FPSC Ordinance 1977, structural changes with a futuristic approach. The representative of Higher Education Committee (HEC) suggested that in order to discourage the absenteeism and appearing of non-serious candidates a pre-screening test may be conducted as an initial scrutiny for the main CSS exam.

He said that it is essential in view the high participation and low performance of the Bachelors candidates, the eligibility criteria for CSS may be revised as 04 years Bachelors or Masters degree instead of 14 years of education.

The committee was informed that the trend of choosing the subjects on basis high score proved to be a wrong choice for candidates.

Convener Syed Muzafar Hussain Shah said that the committee would continue its efforts to finalize its report after taking all the stakeholders into confidence.