35th BCS examination test without MCQs

35th BCS preliminary test without MCQs. Panel suggests BCS preliminary test without MCQs.
A parliamentary watchdog has recommended
dropping multiple choice questions (MCQs) from the preliminary test of
Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations. Currently, job seekers have to sit a one-hour-long 100 mark
MCQ exam in the preliminary test administered by Public Service Commission
(PSC).
After that, they face a written exam and a viva.
During a
meeting on Tuesday, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of
Public Administration also suggested finding an alternative merit-based test
system, the Parliament Secretariat says.
However, committee chief HN
Ashikur Rahman told reporters they were “still experimenting” with the
issue.
The panel will have another meeting on the issue later, he
said.
One of its members, Mustafa Lutfullah, told reporters, "Most of the
committee members think the MCQ system in the BCS tests should be
dropped."
Another official, who attended the meeting, told bdnews24.com
that the Prime Minister's Political Adviser HT Imam also agreed with the
committee members at the meeting.
The PSC is changing the preliminary
test system and plans to put the new one in effect from the 35th BCS
examinations.
The commission in May sent a proposal to the public
administration ministry to raise the preliminary exam marks to 300 from 100 and
time to three hours from one hour.
PSC officials say the move aims to cut
down the huge number of job seekers who qualify in the preliminary
test.
Many have also questioned the 200-mark viva saying this provides
the scope for nepotism.
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