Eligibility For Taking CSS Exam in Pakistan | CSS Exam Eligibility Criteria 2016
Male as well as female candidates can appear in CSS exam if they fulfill the following eligibility criteria.
Nationality. The candidate must be a citizen of Pakistan or permanent resident of state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Education. (a)The candidate must hold at least 2nd division (or grade C), Bachelor Degree in any faculty in one of the universities of Pakistan or equivalent qualification or comparable educational qualification of a foreign university, recognised by Higher Education Commission (HEC) Islamabad.
(b) A candidate who has obtained 3rd division (or grade D) in his Bachelor Degree will be eligible for Exam in case he/she has obtained her division in Master degree.
Age limit. Age limit for candidate 21 – 28 years, which can be relaxed by 2 years (upto 30 yrs) for a person who is already in government service and has completed at least two years in service. Age relaxation (up to 2 years) is also available to candidates who belong to scheduled caste and Buddhist community as well as those candidates who live in remote areas, defined by FPSC (Age relaxation detail is in the last of this page).
Disabled Candidates. Disabled candidates (in categories of physical, hearing/speech (deaf & dumb) and visually impaired (blind)) are allowed to take exam against four Occupational Groups/Services which are (1) Commerce & Trade Group (2) Pakistan Audit & Accounts Service (3) Information Group and (4) Postal Group, provided they fulfil the eligibility criteria of education and age limit as mentioned above..............
Male as well as female candidates can appear in CSS exam if they fulfill the following eligibility criteria.
Nationality. The candidate must be a citizen of Pakistan or permanent resident of state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Education. (a)The candidate must hold at least 2nd division (or grade C), Bachelor Degree in any faculty in one of the universities of Pakistan or equivalent qualification or comparable educational qualification of a foreign university, recognised by Higher Education Commission (HEC) Islamabad.
(b) A candidate who has obtained 3rd division (or grade D) in his Bachelor Degree will be eligible for Exam in case he/she has obtained her division in Master degree.
Age limit. Age limit for candidate 21 – 28 years, which can be relaxed by 2 years (upto 30 yrs) for a person who is already in government service and has completed at least two years in service. Age relaxation (up to 2 years) is also available to candidates who belong to scheduled caste and Buddhist community as well as those candidates who live in remote areas, defined by FPSC (Age relaxation detail is in the last of this page).
Disabled Candidates. Disabled candidates (in categories of physical, hearing/speech (deaf & dumb) and visually impaired (blind)) are allowed to take exam against four Occupational Groups/Services which are (1) Commerce & Trade Group (2) Pakistan Audit & Accounts Service (3) Information Group and (4) Postal Group, provided they fulfil the eligibility criteria of education and age limit as mentioned above..............
The minimum age and education to appear in this examination is 21 years
and a Bachelor's degree while the maximum age limit is 28 years.
According to the estimates of FPSC a total of 8,000 to 10,000 candidates
apply for CSS exams. On an average 5,000 to 6,000 candidates actually
appear and approximately 250 to 500 candidates qualify the written
portion of FPSC CSS Examination. Out of these successful candidates a
total of 100 to 150 (roughly 2% of the actual applicants) make it to
this sacred corps of bureaucrats.
Application fee of competitive examination is Rs.1000. If a candidate wants to recheck his/her paper, the rechecking fee per paper is Rs.200. The candidates have to submit dues to the Federal Commission Service Commission.
There are only three chances for candidates to appear in the CSS exams. No candidate can appear in the CSS exams more than three times. According to the FPSC information, the exam is conducted in 21 cities of Pakistan.
Application fee of competitive examination is Rs.1000. If a candidate wants to recheck his/her paper, the rechecking fee per paper is Rs.200. The candidates have to submit dues to the Federal Commission Service Commission.
There are only three chances for candidates to appear in the CSS exams. No candidate can appear in the CSS exams more than three times. According to the FPSC information, the exam is conducted in 21 cities of Pakistan.