APPSC tweaks recruitment exam norms for govt jobs: Check details

The Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) on Monday proposed a big 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 functions obtained exceeds 200 occasions the variety of posts notified.

The report added that at present, each prelims and mains exams happen if the variety of functions 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 carried out with only one exam as a substitute of two.

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

What could change?

In case a notification is issued for 100 posts, the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission would have carried out a preliminary (prelims) exam provided that greater than 20,000 functions are obtained. Otherwise, the APPSC could immediately conduct a single-stage recruitment course of or the mains exam.

Key roles of APPSC

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

a) Conduct aggressive examinations, interviews, and departmental exams 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 providers. It additionally releases notifications for different technical and non-technical posts.