By A Staff Reporter
Kathmandu, Mar. 24: Public Service Commission on Tuesday highlighted its achievements and services made in the past six years.
Organising a programme on its premises, the PSC unveiled the achievements made by its team led by chairman Umesh Prasad Mainali since March 25, 2015.
With the starting of ‘online application only two weeks after Mainali and his team’s appointment to the Public Service Commission (PSC), the PSC went to win the Digital Governance ICT Award of 2019.
From notices to results and application process of PSC can now be conducted online.
Alongside the online application, the PSC coordinated with Revenue Management Information System (RIMS) of the Financial Comptroller General Office to allow e-payment system for the applicants.
“The digital platforms have made our services digitally accessible for all. It has reduced hustle and irregularities during applications,” said chairman Mainali.
The commission also introduced a system where the answer sheets of the exams were checked in its own offices.
Likewise, they also continued changing the curriculums as per the Assessment Centre Methodologies (ASM). The commission is now looking over 119 organisations being their legal advisor and employee selector.
“Our major responsibility is to provide meritorious candidates to the organisations seeking employees. In this process, we have not differentiated anyone on the basis of anything in order to maintain credibility and trust,” said Mainali.
The PSC also expanded its services to the corners of the country and managed exam centres at places where there were only a handful of candidates.
The commission also made public a book which covers all the works conducted by it in the past six years along with suggestions for the new team.
“Our team’s tenure has ended now. We have done our best to take our organisation to a new height, we expect the same from the new team. However, we suggest that government fill the vacancy at the earliest because the delay will affect many across the country,” said Mainali.
Mainali’s team consisted of Bindra Hada Bhattarai, Shreepurush Dhakal, Ashok Kumar Jha, Brahmadev Ray and Krishna Chandra Jha. The five were the members of the commission together with Mainali.
According to the suggestions by the team, they have requested the government organisations to abide by the constitution and accept suggestions of the commission.
Likewise, they have suggested the new team and the government to end the irregularities in temporary appointments across the government institutions.
Around a dozen government institutions such as National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS), BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) and Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) have not been linked under the commission.
The commission has suggested to bring them under PSC because such institutions perform promotions and internal evaluations based on personal interest.
Similarly, as the COVID-19 pandemic has delayed some examinations, the new team is suggested to be ready to take pressure from the beginning.
“The team has done a lot in the past six years and has taught us many things.
We are ready to stick to their guidance and keep strengthening and improving the commission,” said Mahendra Prasad Guragain, secretary at the PSC.