ANALYSIS OF RESULTS FOR DSSC/DSTSC 2023

DSSC (Army)

1.         Results.

2.         Analysis

(a)        It is seen from the results that out of a total of 1692 offrs who appeared for DSSC/DSTSC, 350 offrs were nominated for DSSC/DSTSC Course based on capacity of DSSC.  This works out 21% possible success rate, in case a candidate does not take any course at USI.  The Comd Pre-staff is attended by all offrs in their own turn, unless someone is unwilling.  A qualified percentage of 75% for Competitive, 72% for Nominated category of DSSC offrs indicates that the chances of offrs to qualify for DSSC exam are greatly enhanced by the courses at USI of India.

(b)        Out of 20 offrs on the competitive list, 15 offrs have taken OPSC and one or two more pgmes at USI.  It indicates the viability of Correspondence Course and contact pgme in addition to OPSC.  Out of the five  offrs in Competitive list who didn’t attend OPSC two were from IMTRAT and one from IMA, where other offrs had taken these courses.

(c)        There has been an appreciable increase in percentage of offrs passing in second and third attempt.  One of the major reason is that with OPSC model having been adopted, they could attend the Pre-Staff Course, which was not possible in erstwhile CPSC model in 2021-2022.

(d)       It is seen that even amongst offrs who did not qualify the exam, in Military History paper handled by the USI, max no of offrs has passed.  Amongst Current Affairs and Science and Mil Tech papers, which had more application questions, offrs who practiced attempting  Question papers in Corres Course and Contact Pgme had an edge over others.

(e)        Last year being the first iteration of OPSC, large No of offrs did not answer the question papers and did not perform well in papers in which had more application questions.  Offrs who answered questions given by USI in various programmes performed much better.

(f)        The analysis of results supplements the fact that most of the aims set out for OPSC were achieved.  Endeavour will be made to emphasise weaknesses to offrs to enhance their comprehension, retention and professional growth in OPSC-2024.