APPSC tweaks recruitment exam norms for govt jobs: Check details

The Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) on Monday proposed a major change within the examination course of for authorities job recruitments throughout varied departments, reported News18.

According to the report, the APPSC is planning to conduct the preliminary exam provided that the variety of purposes acquired exceeds 200 occasions the variety of posts notified.

The report added that at the moment, each prelims and mains exams happen if the variety of purposes crosses 25,000, regardless of the variety of vacancies.

However, contemplating it an pointless expenditure and waste of time, the APPSC is now mulling a brand new filtering system. In case this proposal is accepted, a number of Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission recruitments could also be performed with only one exam as a substitute of two.

Meanwhile, a report by Career360 said that the Andhra Pradesh authorities has accepted the proposal and applied it within the lately introduced recruitment for Forest Section and Beat officer within the Andhra Pradesh Forest Subordinate Service.

What might change?

In case a notification is issued for 100 posts, the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission would have performed a preliminary (prelims) exam provided that greater than 20,000 purposes are acquired. Otherwise, the APPSC might instantly conduct a single-stage recruitment course of or the mains exam.

Key roles of APPSC

Established underneath Article 315 of the Indian Constitution, the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) is a constitutional physique which conducts recruitment to varied civil companies and authorities posts within the State of Andhra Pradesh.

a) Conduct aggressive examinations, interviews, and departmental assessments for the state authorities.

b) Advises the federal government on issues associated to recruitment guidelines and others.

c) Prepare exam syllabi for varied authorities job exams.

d) Release notifications for Group-I, Group-II, Group-III, and Group-IV companies. It additionally releases notifications for different technical and non-technical posts.