Persian recorded no allocations in CSS 2025, with its pipeline ending at the written stage. Of the 16 candidates who appeared, none passed the written paper, so none could be considered for a seat. Combined with the very small field, that outcome makes Persian one of the riskiest optional subjects a candidate could pick.
The mean of 38% clears the 33% passing threshold, and the median, noticeably higher at 43.5%, points to a distribution pulled upward by a few stronger scripts against a weaker lower tail. With a standard deviation of 19 points the spread is wide for such a small group, so the average rests on a handful of erratic results rather than any settled pattern. Despite that above-line mean, no candidate cleared the written stage, which underlines how little a flattering average means when it is drawn from sixteen people and a broad scatter. The figure describes the marks on this paper, not a candidate's genuine prospects in the subject. Statistically the gap between a 43.5% median and a 38% mean signals a left skew, where a few very weak scripts drag the average beneath what the middle candidate achieved, so the mean understates the typical performance even though the sample is too small to read much into either number.
No provincial allocation data recorded
No province secured an allocation, because the subject allocated no one. With all 16 candidates stopped at the written stage, geographic origin had no influence on a uniformly nil result.
No gender breakdown available — no candidates were allocated in this subject.
There is no gender breakdown, since not a single candidate was allocated. Persian provided no path to a seat in CSS 2025 for any candidate, irrespective of gender or preparation.
Persian's mean of 38% sits a little below the CSS optional-subject average of 43.5%, which might read as roughly ordinary. That impression does not survive contact with the outcome, because the same cohort produced zero written passes and zero allocations. The average is a fragile number built on sixteen scattered scores, and the figure that actually defines the subject this year is the total absence of any successful candidate.
Every one of the 16 candidates who appeared failed the written stage, leaving no passers and consequently no allocations. The attrition was complete and it happened within the paper itself, well before the merit stage where aggregate scores decide seats, which means the subject closed off its entire field at the outset.
Persian is defensible only for a genuine specialist with deep command of the language and its literary canon, and even then the 2025 data argues for caution. Sixteen candidates attempted it, none cleared the written stage, and none were allocated. A small pool can suggest an easy run, but here it points to a subject that produced no successful outcomes at all.