Tazeen Hasan interpreting and analyzing the recent CSS results with a turnout of only 2 percent.
While the average CSS results over the years have been indicating 10 percent of the Candidates as successful, this year only 2 percent of CSS Candidates could make through the passing list. This shows the high standard of the examining body which assessed the candidates strictly without any pressure.
CSS, the central Supervisor Services of Pakistan, is considered the most comprehensive and tough examination procedure which selects highest ranking civil officers in Pakistan. The students who participate in the examination no doubt constitute creme de la creme of the country and they work hard to fulfill the requirements of different stages of the comprehensive exam.
However, as the exam selects candidates to become part of the high-level bureaucracy of Pakistan, the turnout ratio has to be kept low intentionally. The usual turnout in Pakistan and elsewhere in South Asia is usually between 5 to 10 percent and it actually reflects the number of vacancies to be filled not the overall ability of the individual candidates.
If somebody is trying to interpret this as the failure of Pakistani youth in academics, it is completely misleading. Despite the lack of resources, Pakistani Youth has proved to be the best student in the world. We should not forget Arfa Siddiqui, whose record has not beaten years after her death. Pakistani students are among top achievers in international GCSE examinations (O Level and A Level) carried out by Cambridge University, one of the top-ranking universities in the world.
Having said that, if only 2 percent of the Pakistani students passed the CSS examination, it is a proof of our high standard assessment and it should not be celebrated like the failure of Pakistani Youth.
While the average CSS results over the years have been indicating 10 percent of the Candidates as successful, this year only 2 percent of CSS Candidates could make through the passing list. This shows the high standard of the examining body which assessed the candidates strictly without any pressure.
CSS, the central Supervisor Services of Pakistan, is considered the most comprehensive and tough examination procedure which selects highest ranking civil officers in Pakistan. The students who participate in the examination no doubt constitute creme de la creme of the country and they work hard to fulfill the requirements of different stages of the comprehensive exam.
However, as the exam selects candidates to become part of the high-level bureaucracy of Pakistan, the turnout ratio has to be kept low intentionally. The usual turnout in Pakistan and elsewhere in South Asia is usually between 5 to 10 percent and it actually reflects the number of vacancies to be filled not the overall ability of the individual candidates.
If somebody is trying to interpret this as the failure of Pakistani youth in academics, it is completely misleading. Despite the lack of resources, Pakistani Youth has proved to be the best student in the world. We should not forget Arfa Siddiqui, whose record has not beaten years after her death. Pakistani students are among top achievers in international GCSE examinations (O Level and A Level) carried out by Cambridge University, one of the top-ranking universities in the world.
Having said that, if only 2 percent of the Pakistani students passed the CSS examination, it is a proof of our high standard assessment and it should not be celebrated like the failure of Pakistani Youth.
Media Bites Editorial - Tazeen Hasan
Published on OCtobar, 07, 2016
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