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A very big and relief news is coming for lakhs of youth across the country who are working day and night preparing for the Civil Services Exam and State Public Service Commission (State PCS) examinations. Taking a step towards the long standing demand of students and administrative reforms, the State Public Service Commission has announced a historic and revolutionary change in the examination rules. So far, the way has been cleared to eliminate the restrictions on category-wise attempts in various examinations. Under this new change, now no candidate will be bound by the limit of attempts to appear in the examination, but instead only their prescribed maximum age limit will be considered as the main basis. This decision of the Commission will be most beneficial to all those serious and hard-working students who many times used to miss minor marks.
What is the new rule and how will this age limit system be implemented?
According to the information received, after the implementation of this new rule brought by the State Public Service Commission, now the column or restriction on ‘Number of Attempts’ while filling the examination form will become completely history. Earlier, for the candidates belonging to General Category, OBC, SC or ST category, a certain limit of maximum chances was fixed according to different categories, after completion of which the students could not appear in the examination even if they wanted to. But now according to the new provision, as long as any competitive candidate falls within the maximum age limit prescribed by the Commission according to his category, he will be able to appear in the examination continuously without any interruption. This simply means that now the counting of attempts has been abolished and the entire process will be conducted only on the basis of age eligibility.
Wave of happiness among students and coaching institutes, this demand was being raised for a long time
As soon as the news of this new and student-friendly decision of the State Public Service Commission came out, there was a wave of happiness among the students, student organizations and various coaching institutes preparing for competitive exams. Students in all the big education hubs of the country including Delhi, Jaipur, Patna, Prayagraj and Lucknow have strongly welcomed this decision. Students said that many times their initial efforts were wasted due to the Covid pandemic, technical reasons or other family and financial problems, and due to the limit of attempts being over, they were deprived of appearing in the examination despite being brilliant. With the introduction of this new system, not only will mental stress be reduced, but students will also get many more golden opportunities to test their preparation more strongly.
What will be the impact on the future of competitive examinations and the further process?
Academicians and experts in administrative matters believe that this decision of the State Public Service Commission will prove to be a milestone in the direction of making the Civil Services Examination system more transparent, inclusive and equitable. This will not only give a boost to the remote youth from Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities who are late in joining mainstream preparation due to lack of resources, but will also make the level of competition in the examination even higher. The Commission is going to issue detailed guidelines and revised rules related to this new change on its official website very soon, so that students do not have to face any kind of technical dilemma in the process of filling the form.