Possible change in academic weightage

Possible change in academic weightage

Common Exam 28 January, 2011 - The Royal Civil Service Commission is browsing the possibility of doing away with one of its most controversial requirements for the civil service examination.

The practice of including a university graduates 10 percent academic weightage in the examination, besides the 70 percent written marks and 20 percent viva voce, was often contested and criticised by students appearing the exam. Many had argued the graduates academic grading differed from a university to the other, which did not serve as a uniform factor to gauge them for a position with the public sector.The academic weightage was also brought down from 30 to 20 percent in 2005 which was further reduced to 10 percent in 2009.Commissions chief human resource officer Dorji Tshering said a provision in the Bhutan civil service rules and regulation stated the royal civil service commission in future may consider waiving the academic weightage altogether .It is because of the disparity in grading system between universities or institutes both outside and inside the country, he said. There were also situations where general graduates scored higher than honours students owing to the nature of the course. He said with some universities grading with alphabets and others using numerals, it led to confusion while attempting to draw up a standard to be considered for the civil service examination.Dorji Tshering said they saw no negative impact if the change was brought in. The examination papers will touch upon the contents of their courses anyway, so they have to be well versed in their university subjects, he said. The commission is yet to decide when they would put it into practice. By Yangchen C Rinzin

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