UPSC to Consider Application as an Attempt for Civil Services Examination
UPSC has initiated a proposal for counting the application process of UPSC as an attempt by the candidates willing to appear in the examination. The recommendation has been planned after noticing the low percentage of actual test takers.
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has planned to consider the application process of candidates for the civil services exams as an attempt for the same. The proposal for the initiative has been sent to the Ministry of Personnel by UPSC. The action was taken after noticing the fact that among the nine lakhs civil services applicants, only half the number of applicants appeared for the examination this year.
A total of six attempts are given to civil services applicants without any count limitations on the submission of application forms for the same. Candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes are allowed to sit for a maximum of nine attempts as prescribed by UPSC. It is to note that according to the notice issued against 2018 civil services tests, the change in the UPSC application attempt will not be valid for candidates falling under Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Scheduled Castes (SC) category.
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The officials of the exam conducting authority of UPSC said that the approval of this planned approach would lead to saving the resources and efforts of UPSC used for conducting the examination. This initiative will also help the organization to save a lot of efforts, time and money, used for the preparation and arrangement of the accommodation and conduction of the examination.
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Previously, the attempt was counted if the candidates happen to sit for anyone out of the two UPSC preliminary exam papers. Even if the candidature of the candidates gets cancelled or disqualified due to any reason, the attempt will still be counted.