Public Service Application Pipeline Programme
Indian representation in the federal civil service is 3.7% (2024) against a population share of approximately 6.5%
Programme Logic
Problem
Indian representation in the federal civil service is 3.7% (2024) against a population share of approximately 6.5%
Structural Cause
JPA states the binding constraint is very low application volume from non-Malay candidates, who nonetheless record the highest appointment success rates - i.e. the failure is at application, not selection
Intervention
Career awareness campaigns through schools, universities and community networks; application guidance and completion support; examination and interview preparation; mentoring by serving officers; publication of an annual grade-disaggregated composition series
Who & How
Target Group
Qualified Indian graduates and school leavers eligible for public service entry
Eligibility
Meets standard JPA entry requirements; support is open and merit-based with no adjustment to entry standards
Deliverables
Outputs
Application volumes from Indian candidates published annually; preparation programmes delivered; annual grade-disaggregated composition series published
Outcomes
Indian share of the federal civil service rises from 3.7% (2024) toward a range of 4.2%-4.8% by Year 6
Key Performance Indicators
Public service participation
Indian share of the federal civil service excluding RMP and MAF, reported alongside the absolute Indian officer headcount and the annual application volume
Costing (Central Scenario)
Where these figures come from
Why this figure?· RM 21.0m over 6 yearsProvisional
- Method
- Outreach and preparation model: campaigns + preparation programmes + annual data publication
- Key inputs
- RM 350 — RM350 per candidate through preparation programmes for approximately 8,000 candidates per phase, plus campaign and publication costs
- Population
- Qualified Indian graduates and school leavers eligible for public service entry (Open participation; no adjustment to entry standards)
- Benchmark
- RM350 per candidate through preparation programmes for approximately 8,000 candidates per phase = RM2.800m, plus RM4.200m per phase campaign, outreach and annual publication costs = RM7.000m per phase. Design follows the JPA-stated cause: the constraint is application volume, not selection outcomes.
- Funding split
- existing 0.35 = JPA and SPA recruitment administration already funded; reallocated 0.10 = MITRA human-capital grants; new 0.55 = outreach campaigns, preparation programmes and publication. ASSUMPTION (VAL-21).
- Source
- Internal estimate — no external source cited.
- Status
- Planning assumption pending validation· pending validation (VAL-21)
- Note
- RM350 per candidate through preparation programmes for approximately 8,000 candidates per phase = RM2.800m, plus RM4.200m per phase campaign, outreach and annual publication costs = RM7.000m per phase. Design follows the JPA-stated cause: the constraint is application volume, not selection outcomes.
Delivery & Accountability
Lead Ministry
Public Service Department (JPA)
Accounting Officer
Director-General of Public Service
Supporting Agencies
Public Service Commission (SPA); Ministry of Higher Education; Ministry of Education; universities; professional associations
Mandate Basis
Public service recruitment policy, HRMIS and workforce planning are JPA functions
Risks & Safeguards
reputational
Publishing disaggregated ethnic data on civil service composition, school condition or poverty produces adverse comparison and political friction
Safeguard
Publication is committed to in advance as a condition of the plan, so selective disclosure is not available; data are published in full national context rather than for one community alone; the reporting framework is described as a model extensible to any community