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PREPARING ASPIRANTS FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS
Owing to the lack of exposure as well as proper guidance, not many students
hailing from Muzaffargarh appear for federal as well provincial competitive
exams; hardly a few succeed. As a result, the share of Muzaffargarh in the
civil service is negligible. It was therefore decided that proper training courses
would be designed and run for the aspirants at the Government Postgraduate
College (Boys) at minimal fee. Accordingly, meetings were held with the
Secretary Higher Education Department in Lahore twice, who finally not only
gave the requisite permission, but travelled all the way to Muzaffargarh,
along with the Minister for Higher Education, on August 8, 2019 to endorse
the initiative and inaugurate the classes, in a public ceremony held in the
college auditorium. The main features of the course were envisaged as
follows:
 Two courses would be run in a year, and duration of each course
would be around 4 months.
 An entry test would be held to select appropriate number of aspirants
through a transparent process. All residents of Muzaffargarh,
including students, working professionals as well as those seeking
jobs were eligible to apply.
 Classes would be held five days a week, but after working hours so
as to ensure maximum participation from the students and other
aspirants.
 Two types of faculty members would be associated with the suggested
course: Compulsory subjects would primarily be taught by the
subject specialists already available in the Government Post
Graduate College (Boys) and the Government Degree College for
Women, Muzaffargarh. In addition, visiting faculty would be created
out of the CSS/PCS/PMS officers posted in and around Muzaffargarh
as well as permanent faculty of the Bahauddin Zakariya University,
Multan and the Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan.
 There would be no financial obligation on the part of the Government.
The course would be run on self-finance basis to make it sustainable.
Expenditures from the funds so collected would be carried out with
the concurrence of steering committee which would be headed by the
Deputy Commissioner.
 Annual audit would be carried out with the assistance of government
auditors through special arrangements.
 Dedicated corner would be created in library of the Government Post
Graduate College (Boys), where monthly journals and books
recommended for competitive exams were to be made available.

The first course was attended by around 50 aspirants selected through a
rigorous entry test from amongst over hundred students, and the classes
were started on September 2, 2019 with the Deputy Commissioner taking
the first class. The participants of the course were charged Rs 15,000 each

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