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CSS 2022: Pakistan Affairs [Pakistan Today]

"The paper intended to explore knowledge and personal assessment of CSS candidates regarding issues in Pakistan affairs. The paper did not encourage the regurgitation of crammed information that a CSS candidate was holding to express" (an excerpt).

CSS 2022: Pakistan Affairs In 2022, the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) held the yearly written examination of Central Superior Services (CSS) from May 12 to May 20, 2022 for the recruitment of officers against basic p

Reform the CSS examination
Authored by: Anwar Ali.

"In today’s competitive world, the need is not to lower the quality of knowledge but to raise it. Certain CSS coaching academies, especially in Lahore and Islamabad, have been inciting CSS candidates into standing up against the FPSC and malign it to make it compromise English standards both in written and viva voce. A campaign is underway to compel the FPSC to conduct the viva voce– the stage that comes after a candidate passes the written examination– in both Urdu and English. This is a step towards discontinuing English from the viva voce initially and then from the written examination eventually" (an excerpt).

Reform the CSS examination - Pakistan Today On 18 February 2021, the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) commenced the examination of Central Superior Services (CSS), 2021. On the first day, language proficiency in English was tested through two papers, English Essay and English Précis & Composition. Last year, for CSS-2020, total 39,63...

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The mediocrity of CSS in 2020 -- Pakistan Today.
https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2020/02/24/the-mediocrity-of-css-in-2020/

The mediocrity of CSS in 2020 | Pakistan Today The mediocrity of CSS in 2020 by PakistanToday , (Last Updated 10 hours ago) Examiners repeating past question papers By: Anwar Ali Mediocrity is a hallmark of the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC), which is assigned with the task of conducting a countrywide yearly competitive examination, th...

Today's column of Anwar Ali.

CSS 2020: falling English testing standards [Pakistan Today]

CSS 2020 | Pakistan Today CSS 2020 by PakistanToday , (Last Updated 4 hours ago) Falling English testing standards By: Anwar Ali Mediocrity beckons mediocrity. Ask mediocre questions, receive mediocre answers, select mediocre candidates, and engrave mediocrity on the system – the odious concatenation that the Federal Publi...

Is the CSS exam getting difficult? [Pakistan Today]

"Looking at faults in the preparation of optional subjects, one can identify four main problem areas.
First, with the change of syllabus and the optional subject-selection scheme in 2016, the choice of combination for optional subjects shrank...Second, many CSS candidates presume that if an optional subject scored highly last year, it would also score likewise next year, whether or not the candidate is prepared in the subject...Third, most CSS candidates hope for a replication of questions asked previously from optional subjects, though the same is their attitude towards compulsory papers...Fourth, most CSS candidates delude themselves by gauging their performance through mock written tests held by CSS coaching academies."

Is the CSS exam getting difficult? | Pakistan Today Is the CSS exam getting difficult? by PakistanToday , (Last Updated 5 hours ago) Coaching academies have a negative role By: Anwar Ali The fault is in my stars, a trite excuse to obscure one’s underperformance. Another vindication could be that the marking system employed by the Federal Public Ser...

Dismal performance of CSS-2019 candidates [Pakistan Today]

"English is a known nemesis of CSS candidates and, to multiply the disaster, the coaching academies play their role in five main ways."

Dismal performance of CSS-2019 candidates | Pakistan Today Dismal performance of CSS-2019 candidates by PakistanToday , (Last Updated October 19, 2019) How academies entice prospective candidates By Anwar Ali The Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) recently declared the result of the written portion of the examination of the Central Superior Services (...