PANJIM: Goa Governor Mridula Sinha has hailed the reforms introduced in the Goa Public Service Commission (GPSC) which will facilitate getting suitable State cadre officers.
Addressing the 20th National Conference of Chairpersons of State Public Service Commissions on Friday, Sinha praised GPSC for introducing online receipt of applications and Computer Based Recruitment Tests. She stated that CBRT has helped bring transparency in the process and will facilitate giving Goa good and efficient civil servants.
Only 0.49 percent candidates managed to pass the CBRT held for the post of junior scale officer by GPSC since its introduction in February 2017. Although the performance of the candidates has not been impressive, GPSC Chairman Jose Manuel Noronha is optimistic that Goans will fare well in the coming days.
“CBRT is a quick and transparent process. The results of the candidates are also instant. People (Goan candidates) have not fared so well since it was introduced last year but in the end, they will improve. The candidates are yet to get accustomed to the new system and not prepared to this style of answering exams. They are talented and I am hopeful the candidates will perform well in the coming days,” he told Herald on the sidelines of the event. GPSC intends to continue with the CBRT, he added.
Speaking on the overall scenario of the PSCs, the Governor said, “India is a vast country of millions of aspiring educated youth with enormous linguistic, regional and religious diversities. In our country with such pluralities it bestows greater responsibility upon the PSCs to uphold the principles of merit and impartially in the public selection process. Any deviation or dilution of the principle of merit in the recruitment and selection process will have disastrous consequences and keeping this in view the PSCs constantly try to devise ways to maintain the high standard of public recruitment process.”
Standing Committee Chairperson Prof Ghanta Chakrapani said they assisted the National Conference in determining its agenda and implementing the decisions taken at these Conferences. He spoke of their initiatives to resolve legal and administrative related difficulties faced by PSCs and said that their website, which will be launched at the Conference, will have all the latest activities that the Standing Committee is doing.
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) chairman Prof David Syiemlieh spoke of the common challenges faced by PSCs such as recruiting the right manpower in a changing social and economic scenario and making the recruitment system transparent to sustain the trust that the Commissions have earned.
