
The special committee formed for reforms in APPSC has said in its final report that 272 types of posts in state government departments should be divided into non-technical and technical services categories, and recruitment should be carried out. It has been suggested that all recruitment exams should be conducted offline. It has included Group-1, Group-2, and services in the non-technical category. It has been suggested that engineering and technical assistant posts should be kept under A, B, and C categories in technical services. It has recommended to the government that recruitment should be carried out in A and B categories in AP Teaching Services and other posts in AP Technical Services. Currently, the recruitment of Group-1, Group-2, Group-3, college teachers, engineering, and other posts is being done separately. In this context, following the government's orders, the committee studied the recruitments made through APPSC, the examination system, the regrouping of the posts in the proposals, and other issues. It visited the offices of UPSC, Rajasthan, Kerala, and the Bihar Public Service Commission in Delhi and reviewed the activities there. It coordinated these with the activities of APPSC... and submitted a final report on the reforms to be brought to the state government. It stated that the recruitment of posts in government departments should be done through APPSC. Currently, some departments are recruiting on their own.
Panel year from September 1
Every year, the 'panel year' should start from September 1. Unit officers of government departments should send the details of the vacancies online by August 31. The permission of the finance department is not required for the recruitment of sanctioned posts. The exercise should start from June. Accordingly, the APPSC ‘job calendar’ should be finalized. The recruitment should be completed by December next year. The candidates selected by the commission should be given appointment orders by March. The current pattern of recruitment is worrying. Due to the negligence of the departments, the issuance of notifications and filling of posts is not done according to a system. Notifications and recruitment are being done according to a system in Kerala, Rajasthan Public Service Commissions, and UPSC.
If 80% marks are exceeded, a record should be made
The system of conducting oral examinations in Bihar is good. Only 10% of the total marks of the main examinations should be allocated for oral examinations. The chairman of the board and other members record the ‘score’ by adding up the marks given to the candidate. In this order, the candidates who appear for interviews usually get only between 50% and 80%. If the marks are more than that, the reasons for this should be recorded in the records. A software randomization system should be introduced to tell the participants which board to go to 15 minutes before the oral examination. A software-based random system should also be adopted in sending candidates to the boards. The merit list should be announced by combining the marks obtained in the main and oral examinations. Transparency will increase through these systems.
The details of the candidates should not be disclosed in full
- As is the practice in Bihar, the marks obtained in the prelims/mains, religion, and address details should not be disclosed in the conduct of oral examinations. Only the name, date of birth, educational qualification, and technical qualification of the candidate should be informed to the board members.
- The marks obtained in the Group-1 prelims should not be added to the total marks.
- Superintendent and equivalent posts have been included in the Group-2 executive posts. The scheme of examination should be the same for Categories A and B.
- Engineering jobs in water resources, panchayat raj, rural water supply, roads and buildings, tribal welfare, and municipal urban development departments should be brought under the AP Engineering Services Group.
Three types of question papers
All types of exams should be conducted offline. Three types of exam question papers should be printed in red, yellow, and green colors. The questions should be linked in the answer booklet itself. The Bihar Public Services Commission follows the same system. The chairman of the reforms committee is Rajasekhar, Special Chief Secretary, Agriculture Department, and Pola Bhaskar, Secretary, General Administration Department, is the convener. Five other IAS officers are members.