MARGAO
Goa Public Service Commission will hold the screening test for junior scale officer aspirants in November this year.
The Computer Based Recruitment Test (CBRT) which was to be conducted by GPSC for selection of junior scale officers on March 29, 2020, was postponed by the commission due to the coronavirus pandemic.
In order to expedite the recruitment for these positions, the commission has now decided to conduct a screening examination on November 21 and 22, 2020, to determine those candidates who will qualify to answer the main CBRT. The commission had received around 3600 applications for the 22 posts that were advertised by GPSC in January this year.
The screening examination will be a one-hour CBRT which will consist of 60 questions of which 50 will be on reasoning and 10 on English comprehension.
The minimum qualifying percentages to be obtained are 65%, 60% and 55% for Gen, OBC/PH and SC/ST respectively.
The entire group of 3600 applicants will be randomly assigned into ten batches of approximately 360 candidates in each batch and these will need to answer the screening CBRT. While the question set for each batch will be different, the difficulty level will be similar.
In order to afford another opportunity to those who do not pass this exam at the first attempt, only those who score up to 5 percentage (3 marks) less than the minimum required to qualify in their category (GEN/OBC/PH/ST/SC) will be eligible to answer a repeat examination of a similar pattern on November 28.
All those who qualify at this examination, including those from the repeat examination, will be eligible to answer the main CBRT. The details of this exam are uploaded on the commission website. Candidates who are successful at the main CBRT will then have to answer a written examination which comprises four papers and an interview thereafter.
The commission has been able to select only nine candidates out of the 11 advertised in 2016 although three attempts were made by the GPSC to select suitable candidates.
Chairman Jose Manuel Noronha is hoping that the candidates will be better prepared this time.
