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Should Pakistan's civil service recruit generalists or specialists?

Asked in 2 years · 2008–2022Appears in:Public Administration
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This debate All debatesIn shortPositionsNewsEvidence (4)Past questions (2)Same themeShould politics and administration be kept separate in Pakistan's governance?Which leadership style best serves Pakistan's public organisations: transactional or transformational?Do Pakistan's plans and policies fail through poor design or poor implementation?

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current recruitment and training at federal and provincial levels, generalist versus specialist arguments, examples, reform proposals
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2022 · PMS Public Administration · Take a positionSome scholars argue that 'specialists' should be inducted into the public services instead of 'generalists'. Give your opinions on this statement with examples. Outline it
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NCGR verdict: 1973 reforms and lateral entry did not achieve their intent: Lateral entry let private-sector individuals be inducted at higher grades; NCGR found the CSP's quasi monopoly was replaced by that of CSS-recruited cadres and lateral entry "was resented by the incumbents" as politically motivated (1973-2008 (NCGR report, 2008))National Commission for Government Reforms (NCGR), Report on Reforming the Government in Pakistan, Vol. INCGR recommends promotion on performance rather than seniority-cum-fitness: "Career progression should be based on performance on the job, training outcomes, skill upgradation and demonstration of potential, rather than on seniority-cum-fitness criteria." (2008)National Commission for Government Reforms (NCGR), Report on Reforming the Government in Pakistan, Vol. ICSS 2022: share of appeared candidates passing the written exam: 20262 appeared; 393 qualified in written (1.94%); 374 finally qualified (1.85%); 224 of 463 vacancies (48%) carried forward (CSS Competitive Examination 2022 (final result 9 June 2023))Federal Public Service Commission, Annual Report 2023CSS 2023: written-exam pass rate: 13008 appeared; 401 passed; 3.06% (CSS Competitive Examination 2023 (Regular), written result 18.09.2023)Federal Public Service Commission, Annual Report 2023

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2022
PMS · Public Administration · Take a position

Some scholars argue that 'specialists' should be inducted into the public services instead of 'generalists'. Give your opinions on this statement with examples.

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Analyze the Recruitment and training process of Central and Provincial Service?

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