ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The minimum qualification for Central Superior Services (CSS) and Public Services Commission (PCS) will be M.Phil if the federal government adopts suggestions made by the Ministry of Planning Development and Reforms of Pakistan (MoPDR) in this regard.
The suggestions will be sent by the ministry to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for approval very soon.
The MoPDR also suggested that the least age to participate in these examinations will be made 30 and no one less then age of 30 years will be able to take part in the exams while the age of retirement will be 60 for all CSS and PCS officials.
“Ministry of Planning Development and Reforms of Pakistan has suggested that M.Phil should be set as the minimum qualification for Central Superior Services (CSS) and Public Services Commission (PCS) examinations so as to help evaluate and recruit experts from different fields of education,” according to a press release issued on Wednesday.
Both these changes are supposed to bring experienced and more competitive players into government offices.
“Increasing the qualification for these examinations mean that they want experts from every department to participate in these exams and this decision will be helpful in evaluating the cream from each department and would increase competitiveness in the exams and this in turn will increase efficiency in government institutes,” the ministry says.
The ministry says that in this regard, suggestions have been sought from high civil administration from across the country which would be presented before the Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal in National Consultative Workshop on ‘Civil Service Reforms’ to be held on September 14-15, 2015 in Bhurban, Murree.
The suggestions would be given finishing touches after the consultative workshop and afterwards that would be sent to the prime minister for approval.
