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JPSC Exam Dates 2019-20 for Civil Service, Assistant Engineer, Civil Judge and Other Posts Released @jpsc.gov.in

Source – jagranjosh.com

JPSC Exam Dates 2019-20: Jharkhand Public Service Commission has announced the revised exam or interview dates for various exams to be held in 2019-20. The exam/interview dates has been announced for Dy Collector, Combined Civil Service Exam 2016, Combined Civil Service Exam 2017, Combined Civil Service Exam 2017-19 (Mains), Assistant Public Prosecutor 2018, Assistant Director 2015, Scientific Officer, Assistant Engineer Mains, Account Officer and Assistant Public Health Officer Posts.

As per the notice issued by JPSC, the interview for Combined Civil Service 2016 will be held from 04 February to 16 February 2019. Combined Civil Service (Backlog) Exam 2017 is scheduled on 01 March 2020. The main exam for Combined Civil Service Exam 2017-19 will be held from 18 April to 21 April 2020 and he interview for the same will be from 15 June to 24 June 2019.

The main exam for Assistant Engineer under RCD/WRD/DW and SD is scheduled on 01 and 02 March 2020. Shortlisted candidates will be called for an interview round from 20 April to 05 May 2020. Assistant Engineer Main Exam for Urban Devt Department is scheduled on 18 and 19 April 2020 and interview will be held from 01 to 05 June 2020.

The written exam for Assistant Public Health Officer Posts is scheduled to be held on 16 January 2020 and the interview for all shortlisted candidates is from 07 to 09 April 2020.

Civil Judge Junior Division 2018 Interview is scheduled to be held in the month of December 2019 for 7 days.

The written exam for 1st Deputy Collector and 6th Deputy Collector will be held on 29 December 2019 and 16 February 2020 respectively.

The interview round for District Sports Officer is on 18 and 19 January 2019 and for Assistant Professor on 19, 20 and 21 December 2019.

UPSC recommends to Govt: Do away with CSAT in Civil Service Exam, Penalty for absentees

Source: Jagranjosh.com

Union Public Serive Commission (UPSC) wants to change the current pattern of Civil Service Exam with dropping Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT). UPSC has proposed to remove CSAT from the preliminary examination. UPSC conducts civil services examination every year has sent a proposal to the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).

As per the report published in The Print, in its proposal to DoPT, UPSC wants to charge a penalty on applicants for not appearing for the examination. UPSC civil service exam consist of 3 parts – Preliminary, Main and final is Interview. To qualify for the Main Written exam, students have to first qualify Preliminary CSAT Written Exam.

Penalty for absentees

In its proposal to DoPT, USPC wants to put some penalty for large number of absentees. UPSC wants this penalty to trim the gap between the candidates who apply for the test and those who actually appear for it. Every year about a million students apply for UPSC annual test but just half of them appear for it. Civil Service Examination (CSE) is conducted to select officers of the public services like IAS, IPS, IFS and other services.

CSAT Exam

Main paper or CSAT or Paper II, which was introduced in 2011, has witnessed widespread protests by aspirants, who claim that it gives an advantage to those with English, Maths and Science backgrounds. In year 2015 Indian government declared the test as just qualifying exam. Now candidates appearing for CSAT needs to score just 33% to quality this exam.

CSAT exam consists of seven papers like any Indian language, English, General Studies, Personality Test etc. CSAT exam also analyze the candidate’s decision-making, comprehension and communication skills. In a latest move proposed by the UPSC Council, CSAT exams won’t be mandatory from the curriculum year 2019-2020.