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The Public Service Commission, which began its service by inviting applications for six posts on Bhadra 18, 2008 BS, recommended 2,688 qualified candidates for appointment to government service in 2080/81 BS alone. The advertised posts were 3,660. 473,490 people applied for those posts. As the credibility of the Commission continues to grow as it enters its 75th year of establishment, the number of applications for advertised posts shows that, but the Commission officials say that maintaining credibility is a big challenge for the Commission.
Public Service Commission Chairman Madhav Prasad Regmi says that human resource selection only reflects a small part of individual capabilities. “Many factors such as a person’s education, social environment, and work culture affect them, so the Commission’s test identifies only 10 percent of their capabilities.” According to him, after the rest are selected, it is the state’s responsibility to accustom them through training and create an environment for dedicated work, and this is what strengthens the entire bureaucracy. The credibility gained in the selection of human resources is the result of the decisions taken by the Commission in the past and the efforts made for improvement.
The Commission claims that by eliminating the identification of candidates by double ‘coding’ in the answer sheet examination, the candidate selection process has become fair and this has increased its credibility.
Former member Krishna Chandra Jha emphasized that the Commission has further increased its credibility by stopping the practice of making random appointments in organized organizations, checking the answer sheets of branch officers at the center, and improving the second and third class examination system and emphasized that it should be further refined. He argues that some organized organizations are working by recruiting employees on contracts, and this kind of practice should be eliminated.
Stating that the system developed yesterday has increased credibility, today we are focused on using technology and selecting capable human resources to meet the demands of the time, Chairman Regmi said that the challenge of tomorrow is to further develop the selection technology with the pace of time. The Commission is currently facilitating the regular recruitment process of about 74 organized organizations along with the civil service. Since 2072 BS, the Commission has been responsible for facilitating the recruitment of posts in organized organizations, including health services and security agencies, due to its credibility.
On the one hand, the long process of selecting candidates with huge investments and on the other hand, the problem of ‘dropping out’ of selected personnel is a big challenge, said Geeta Kumari Homagain, spokesperson of the Commission.
This type of problem is bigger in organized organizations than in the civil service. Commission member Bir Bahadur Rai says that the Commission is aware of preventing the exodus after recruitment, but he argues that this will not be possible with the Commission’s proactivity and initiative alone. The exodus is increasing in search of service facilities, attraction to other agencies, and better opportunities. The Commission is discussing conducting examinations for similar institutions at once and integrated examinations for banks. Commission member Rai said, “Discussions are being held about conducting integrated examinations for banks. Along with this, the Commission is discussing other measures to reduce the cost and duration of examinations.”
But the number of youth going abroad in search of education and future is increasing. There is an increasing trend of staying abroad for career development after studies. This will limit the availability of human resources and increase the risk of talented human resources migrating in the selection process. Chairman Regmi said that it is necessary to coordinate with the Public Service Commission to ensure coordination between the current education and employees. He argued that there should be coordination between the government, the Public Service Commission, educational bodies and organized organizations to show that there is potential in Nepal, breaking the narrative of migration abroad. This organization was established on Asad 1, 2008, as per the provisions of the Interim Governance Statute of Nepal, 2007.
