Change in BCS preliminary test format
From now on, the preliminary examination of the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) will be of 200 marks while the duration will be two hours instead of the hour-long 100-mark test.
The public administration ministry issued a gazette notification to this end yesterday following amendment to the Bangladesh Civil Service (Age, Qualification and Examination for Direct Recruitment) Rules, 1982.
The new rule will come into effect from the 35th BCS examinations.
A candidate with less than 30 percent marks in the written examination will be considered to have got no number against the existing rule of 25 percent, according to the rule.
The pass mark under the new system would be 50 percent of the 200-mark viva voce. It was 40 percent earlier.
The examination fee has also been increased to Tk 700 from Tk 500. 200-mark viva voce. It was 40 percent earlier.
The examination fee has also been increased to Tk 700 from Tk 500.
"We are yet to get the copy of the gazette [regarding the new system of BCS examinations]. After getting the copy, we will issue the 35th BCS examinations circular anytime," Ekram Ahmed, chairman of the Public Service Commission (PSC) told The Daily Star yesterday.
The PSC in May last year had sent a draft proposal to the public administration ministry to bring some changes in the BCS recruitment rules.
One of the recommendations in the proposal was to increase the preliminary test (MCQs) marks to 300.
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