On MPSC's new syllabus for MCSCCE
- A Letter -
Yening Pebam / Caroline Aimol *
Manipur Public Service Commission (MPSC) Building in Imphal in March 2013 :: Pix - Lamdamba Oinam
Sir,
With regard to the circulated new pattern in the MCSCCE syllabus, conducted by the MPSC which have been doing its rounds in the social media, we would like to bring to your attention some of the views concerning the civil service aspirants of the state.
Following are some points we would like to highlight to the MPSC on change in the syllabus.
1) The 'no optional' (or one optional only in sync with the present UPSC pattern) giving major emphasis on GS will be a welcome move and a long overdue reform.
It will definitely bring in more fairness in competition. It is also to our knowledge that there is no scaling (normalisation) of marks obtained in optional subjects by the MPSC giving room for a lot of subjectivity.
What has been all these years was "I did masters in public administration. You did masters in computers, now come fight me, I will beat you black and blue".
Instead, if we have a common ground, where there is no optional papers or the weightage of optionals is reduced it will be like "Now we have only common subjects alien to u as much as to me, lets fight a fair fight."
2) For prelims if at all changes are to be made, the current UPSC pattern will be a desired one where cut offs are decided based on the general studies paper alone and CSAT (Quant, Aptitude, English Comprehension) is made a qualifying paper with 33 percent.
On the other hand, to decide cut off for clearing prelims based on GS and APTITUDE together will possibly lead to disadvantage of certain section of aspirants slow in aptitude (mostly humanities background students) due to the time constraint and negative markings involved.
Also to reduce randomness and bring clarity in preparation for the aspirants, a prior informed clear cut segregation of questions to be asked from each subjects say Polity, History, Economy, Current Affairs etc, in the syllabus will be very much desired.
3) PSC of other states ask questions on their state's History, Geography, Polity and Economy, so that their state's candidates who know more of the land get the job. Please reserve a specific number of questions in this regard for prelims and mains also.
4) Since 'Time is Money' it will be a boon to the aspirants if a calendar is set up for yearly conduction of exams or a time frame is given for the aspirants to prepare accordingly.
5) The last but not the least, many aspirants have been preparing the civil service exam for years and any changes made abruptly puts their preparation at stake. It is a request to the MPSC to give substantial time before any changes are made to the MPSC syllabus.
Yours sincerely,
Yening Pebam and Caroline Aimol
* Yening Pebam and Caroline Aimol wrote this article for The Sangai Express
This article was posted on July 19, 2017.
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