SPSC CCE-2026 Screening Test Postponed: 24 October Date Withdrawn, 66 Marks to Pass With Negative Marking

Update, 27 October 2026: SPSC has now set a new date, and the CCE-2026 screening test will be held on Saturday 28 November 2026.

Correction, 24 October 2026: this page first said the screening test would be held on 24 October with no negative marking. SPSC postponed the test on 22 October, and its Advertisement No. 06/2026 of 23 October set a pass mark of 66 out of 200 with 0.25 marks cut for each wrong answer. It also reopened applications until 11 November 2026, with an age limit of 33. We have corrected the date, the rules, the tables and the answers below. The full list of changes is in the SPSC CCE-2026 last date of 11 November and the new age and attempt rules.

We read the SPSC website on 19 October and again on 24 October 2026. The 24 October date has been withdrawn. Do not travel to a centre on the strength of an old slip or message.

The 24 October test is postponed and no new date is set

SPSC postponed the CCE-2026 screening test on 22 October, two days before it was due. Applications are now open again until 11 November 2026, so the new test should come after that, though SPSC has not said so. Until SPSC publishes a timetable, nobody can tell you your date or centre.

The August notice placed the written part in December 2026. SPSC has not restated that month since the postponement, so treat December as uncertain. The steps for the application itself are in the guide to apply for PMS Sindh 2026, which we have also corrected.

The pass mark is 66 of 200, with 0.25 marks cut for each wrong answer

Advertisement 06/2026 sets the CCE screening pass mark at 33 per cent, which is 66 marks out of 200. Each wrong answer now costs 0.25 marks. That replaces the 40 per cent (80 marks) rule in the August advertisement, and it adds negative marking, which the June 2026 test did not have.

SPSC's timetable for the CCE-2025 screening test, held on 6 June 2026, gave the rest of the format: 200 multiple choice questions of one mark each, and 200 minutes, which is three hours and twenty minutes. SPSC has not published a different format for CCE-2026, so plan for the same length.

Negative marking changes how you should answer. Four wrong guesses cancel one correct answer. If you can rule out two of four options, a guess still makes sense. A blind guess usually does not.

Sitting the screening test does not use up an attempt. Only the written part counts, according to SPSC's syllabus document. Advertisement 06/2026 also raised the attempt limit from three to five for three years.

Four cities hosted 27,275 candidates in June, which shows the scale

The June 2026 timetable spread CCE-2025 candidates across Hyderabad, Karachi, Sukkur and Larkana. Hyderabad had two zones at Public School Latifabad Unit 3 with 6,600 and 4,370 candidates. Karachi had 7,575 at Dow University's Ojha Campus. Sukkur had 5,610 at IBA Public School, and Larkana 3,120 at the Police Training School on Wagan Road. That is 27,275 candidates by our addition.

Roll numbers ran in blocks by city, from 328001 in Hyderabad to 355420 in Larkana, so your roll number tells you your city before the centre name does. CCE-2026 will probably use the same four cities, which are the centres named in the August advertisement. With applications reopened, the number of candidates may rise.

SPSC's office is at Thandi Sarak, Hyderabad, and every notice above carries that address. How the screening result is published afterwards, and where to find your roll number on it, is in our page on how to check an SPSC result.

When the new date comes, download the slip, carry the original CNIC and arrive early

SPSC issues the admission slip on its candidate portal, not by post. The slip, an original CNIC and a ballpoint are the working minimum. In June, reporting time was 8:30 am for a 200-minute test, nobody was let in after the start, and nobody could leave before the end.

1. Watch the SPSC website for the new screening test date and timetable.
2. Log in to the SPSC candidate portal and download the CCE-2026 admission slip when it appears.
3. Check the roll number, centre and reporting time on the slip against the timetable PDF.
4. Carry the printed slip and your original CNIC. Renew an expired CNIC before the test, because the centre checks it.
5. Reach the centre before the reporting time and stay until the end.

If your documents were not uploaded, you can still do it. Advertisement 06/2026 lets earlier applicants upload missing documents or correct mistakes until 11 November 2026. The portal rules are in the page on uploading to the SPSC candidate portal.

The written part has its own rule on answer copies

For the written examination, SPSC issued a press release on 2 September 2026: no supplementary or additional answer sheets are given under any circumstances, because the answer copy has been enlarged. Blank spaces and unused pages must be crossed through before the copy is handed in, and candidates are told to watch the instructional video on the SPSC site on filling the particulars sheet.

That notice was addressed to CCE-2025 candidates, but it describes the copy SPSC now uses, so CCE-2026 candidates who clear the screening should expect the same. SPSC also corrected a CCE-2025 screening result on 2 September, adding one candidate after an unfair-means charge was dropped. The screening result list is final only once the corrections stop.

Common questions

When is the SPSC CCE-2026 screening test?

No date is set. The test fixed for 24 October 2026 was postponed by SPSC notice PSC/EXAM(C.S)/2026/236 of 22 October, and SPSC says it will announce the new date, time and venue later.

What is the pass mark in the CCE-2026 screening test?

33 per cent, which is 66 out of 200, under Advertisement 06/2026 of 23 October 2026.

Is there negative marking in the SPSC screening test?

Yes. SPSC now deducts 0.25 marks for each wrong answer. The June 2026 test had no negative marking.

Can I still apply for CCE-2026?

Yes. SPSC reopened applications until 11 November 2026 and raised the upper age limit to 33, counted on that date.

Where will the test be held?

SPSC has not posted the CCE-2026 centres. The advertisement names Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur and Larkana, the same cities used in June 2026.

Does the screening test count as an attempt?

No. Under the syllabus document, only the written part counts as an attempt.

How we verified this

What we checked, where we read it, and what we could not confirm.

Last checked 24 October 2026. The postponement comes from SPSC public notice No. PSC/EXAM(C.S)/2026/236 dated 22 October 2026, and the 66-mark pass rule, 0.25 negative marking, five attempts, age 33 and 11 November closing date from SPSC Advertisement No. 06/2026 dated 23 October 2026, both read on the SPSC website on 24 October 2026. The first 24 October date came from the SPSC home page, read on 19 October 2026. The August schedule comes from SPSC's advance public notice PSC/EXAM (C.S)/2026/154 of 6 August 2026. The 200-question format, 200 minutes, 8:30 am reporting time, late-entry rule, centres and candidate numbers come from SPSC's CCE-2025 screening timetable PSC/EXAM (S.S)/2026/279 of 25 May 2026 on the test and interview schedules page; the 27,275 total is our addition. The answer-copy rule comes from SPSC's press release PSC/ADMN/2026/1702 of 2 September 2026, and the result correction from its corrigendum PSC/EXAM/(S.S)/2026/345 of the same date. We could not verify the new test date, the CCE-2026 centres or whether the written part stays in December, because SPSC had not published them.