PANJIM: Against the backdrop of poor performance by candidates appearing for competitive exams held for various posts, here’s another opportunity for aspirants of Junior Scale Officers (JSO) as Goa Public Service Commission (GPSC) is soon to invite applications for filling up 24 vacancies.
For the first time in many years a whopping number of JSO posts have been created based on fresh requisition from the Department of Personnel.
All this comes at a time when the Commission is unable to find suitable candidates for one of the high ranking posts in the State government, courtesy – 11 posts originally advertised in the first quarter of 2017 saw three attempts of recruitment till date despite which two posts are still vacant.
During these two-and-half-years 22 fresh vacancies were created either due to promotions or retirement of the existing JSOs, this will be GPSC’s fourth attempt to fill up the remaining two posts of the previous slot. In all, 24 posts of JSOs will be advertised in January 2020.
GPSC chairman Jose Manuel Noronha informed Herald that Computer-Based Recruitment Test (CBRT) is likely to be held in March 2020, two months after the advertisement in January 2020.
In the wake of disappointing performance by majority candidates, Noronha has advised to-be applicants to thoroughly prepare for the three-stage examination starting with 75 marks of the qualifying round. “I sincerely hope that the candidates, who apply this time study seriously and put in sufficient effort to clear the CBRT, which is the first step in this process,” he said.
The Chairman revealed that 2017’s slot – six General category, four OBC and one ST has nine vacancies filled so far of which five candidates are from the General category, three OBCs and one ST. The two vacancies (1-G and 1-OBC) are being carried forward to be incorporated with the 22 fresh posts.
The 22 posts will have 15 reserved for General category, five OBC, one SC and one person with disability (hearing handicapped).
The GPSC has done away with the negative marking after it first introduced in the very same JSO exam in 2017. At that time only five candidates out of over 1,000 who appeared for the CBRT managed to enter the second round being written test while only one cleared the final interview round. However, the CBRT that was simultaneously introduced continues to be an important part of the overall recruitment process. The new initiative, brainchild of the current Chairman, was with an aim to bring efficiency and transparency.
