SPSC CCE 2026 Screening Test Date: Saturday 28 November in Sindh, Pass Mark 66 and Admission Slip Steps

The SPSC CCE-2026 screening test will be held on Saturday 28 November 2026. The Sindh Public Service Commission (SPSC) gave the new date in a public notice dated 26 October 2026, four days after it postponed the test that was due on 24 October. The notice gives the date only. The time, the centres and the admission slips are still to come.

CCE-2026 is the Combined Competitive Examination that fills PMS and other BPS-17 posts in the Sindh government. We read the notice, the postponement notice, Advertisement No. 06/2026 and the 23 October Sindh Government Gazette on SPSC's own website on 27 October 2026. Below is what is fixed, what is not, and what to do in the 17 days between the closing date and the test.

SPSC fixed Saturday 28 November 2026 for the CCE-2026 screening test

SPSC public notice No. PSC/EXAM(C.S)/2026/241, dated 26 October 2026, says the CCE-2026 screening test will be held on Saturday 28 November 2026. The notice does not give a reporting time, a venue or a roll number range for any city.

The notice is one paragraph long and is signed by the Assistant Controller of Exam-II in Hyderabad. It replaces the 24 October date that SPSC withdrew on 22 October. That earlier notice, No. PSC/EXAM(C.S)/2026/236, said the "revised date, time and venue will be communicated at a later date". Only the date has now been communicated.

Applications stay open until 11 November, 17 days before the test

Advertisement No. 06/2026, dated 23 October 2026, keeps CCE-2026 applications open until 11 November 2026. The new test date falls 17 days after that. Candidates who already applied do not need to apply again, and they can fix mistakes or upload missing documents until 11 November.

The 17 day gap is tight but normal for SPSC. For CCE-2025, its screening timetable was dated 25 May 2026 for a test on Saturday 6 June 2026, which was 12 days earlier. So do not expect the centre list for CCE-2026 until after the portal closes.

The reopening came with four rule changes, which we explain in full in the report on the CCE-2026 last date of 11 November and the new age limit of 33. In short: the upper age is 33 on 11 November 2026, five attempts are allowed for three years, and the screening pass mark is 33 per cent with negative marking.

The pass mark is 66 of 200, and each wrong answer costs 0.25

The CCE-2026 screening test needs 33 per cent, which is 66 marks out of 200, and 0.25 marks are cut for every wrong answer. SPSC changed this on 23 October. The 40 per cent (80 marks) rule in the August advertisement no longer applies.

Negative marking is the bigger change for anybody who sat CCE-2025. That test, on 6 June 2026, had 200 questions of one mark each, 200 minutes and "no negative marking", according to SPSC's own timetable. A blind guess used to cost nothing. Now four wrong guesses wipe out one right answer.

SPSC has not said whether the CCE-2026 test will also have 200 questions in 200 minutes. The pass mark of 66 out of 200 suggests a 200 mark paper, but treat the length as unconfirmed until the timetable is out.

The Sindh Gazette of 23 October made the new rules law

SPSC notification No. PSC/ADMN/2026/2038, printed in the Sindh Government Gazette on 23 October 2026, amends the SPSC Recruitment Management Regulations 2023. It writes the 0.25 negative mark, the 66 mark pass line and five attempts for three years into the regulations themselves.

That matters because an advertisement can be corrected by the next advertisement, but a regulation stays until the Commission amends it again. The gazette also changes a figure of 30 to 33 in regulation 80, with a proviso that the change is prospective and lasts three years. That matches the new age limit of 33.

One more change sits in regulation 81, where the figure 300 is replaced by 250. We could not read the full 2023 regulations on 27 October, so we cannot tell you which mark or limit that number controls. We will not guess.

Admission slips will come through the SPSC candidate portal

SPSC has not yet released CCE-2026 admission slips. For its October departmental exams, it announced that admission slips were "available online" a few days before each exam. The candidate portal at spsc.gov.pk opens with a single box that asks for your CNIC.

1. Wait for an SPSC notice that the CCE-2026 timetable or admission slips are online. Check the "Recent Announcements" list on the home page.
2. Open the candidate portal and type your 13 digit CNIC.
3. Open the CCE-2026 application and download the admission slip as a PDF.
4. Check your name, photograph, roll number, centre and reporting time.
5. Print it and carry it with your original CNIC on 28 November.

If anything on the slip is wrong, contact SPSC in Hyderabad at once rather than on the morning of the test. The August advertisement lists four exam cities, Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur and Larkano, and says the centre you chose cannot be changed after the closing date.

Use the next four weeks to fix your file, not just to study

Most CCE candidates who fall out do so on paperwork, not on marks. Before 11 November, upload anything the portal shows as missing, and check that your domicile, PRC and date of birth match your documents. The SPSC age rules count your date of birth from the matric certificate.

Also read the SPSC disqualification rules before test day. SPSC issued another office order disqualifying candidates on 23 October. A phone in the hall or a false entry on the form can cost you years, not one attempt.

Common questions

When is the SPSC CCE-2026 screening test?

Saturday 28 November 2026, according to SPSC notice No. PSC/EXAM(C.S)/2026/241 dated 26 October 2026. The time and centres have not been announced yet.

Is the 24 October CCE-2026 test still happening?

No. SPSC postponed it on 22 October 2026 and has now replaced it with 28 November. Any slip or message for 24 October is void.

Can I still apply for CCE-2026?

Yes, until 11 November 2026, under Advertisement No. 06/2026. The fee in the August advertisement is Rs 1,000, paid against a PSID through the 1Bill option.

Do I need to apply again if I applied in September?

No. SPSC says earlier applications remain valid under the new terms. You may still correct mistakes or upload missing documents until 11 November.

Is there negative marking in the CCE-2026 screening test?

Yes. Each wrong answer costs 0.25 marks, and you need 66 marks out of 200 to pass. CCE-2025 had no negative marking.

Where do I download the CCE-2026 admission slip?

From the SPSC candidate portal, by CNIC, once SPSC announces that slips are online. That had not happened by 27 October 2026.

How we verified this

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

We read SPSC's home page at spsc.gos.pk on 27 October 2026 and opened the 26 October public notice and the 22 October postponement notice, both scanned and read as images. We also read Advertisement No. 06/2026, Advertisement No. 04/2026, the CCE-2025 screening timetable dated 25 May 2026, and the Sindh Government Gazette notification of 23 October 2026. We opened the candidate portal and saw its CNIC box but did not log in. We could not confirm the test time, centres, number of questions or what the figure 250 in regulation 81 refers to.