Coaching class to groom future civil servants

Updated on: Friday, May 11, 2012

Writing entrance examinations for, and getting admitted to, either engineering or medical courses has become the single point agenda of most students. Even parents are reluctant to encourage students take up alternative careers.

The importance of a new project started by the Viswa Prakash Central School, Mangattukadavu, is that it encourages students to think beyond engineering and medicine as career goals.

The school has started coaching classes for those who aspire to become civil servants in the future.

The thinking is simple: to spot their interest at a young age and nourish it through proper guidance.

The school currently has 30 students who are being groomed as future civil servants. Many students are reluctant to choose the civil services as a career option because they believe there is a dearth of opportunities in the field.

The fact is that the country needs more civil servants. Answering a question in Parliament, minister of state for personnel V. Narayanasamy said the present strength of the IAS is 4,377 against the authorised strength of 6,154. Even Kerala has a shortage of 56 IAS officers.

The shortage of civil servants in the IAS and the IPS stands at 3,100 officers across the country, making it difficult for many states to clear administrative work or post senior cops on the ground to face various internal security challenges.

The IPS is short of 1,327 officers, and the IAS faces a shortage of 1,777 officers. Thus coaching programme makes great sense.

School principal Cris George said the school identifies candidates through a written test and interview. All students who have been selected for the course are from standard X.

She said they are being given a foundation course during the vacation. The classes will continue thro-
ughout the academic year.

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