Civil Services Coaching

There are many well-known coaching Institutes in Delhi and the nearby areas providing expert coaching for civil services examination. These institutions are of two types. The first category concentrates on giving classroom teaching with the expert resource persons. They will not provide any boarding or lodging facility to the candidates. They charge a very high commercial rate for the coaching. The quality of the input given in the classroom coaching is also high. The notes and other materials given as part of their instruction is of high value to the civil services preparations. The candidates have to make their own arrangements for the room and food if taken admission in these centres. Normally they start admission to the prelims cum mains coaching programme in Oct every year. The number of students is each class can be up to 200. The second category is the institutions that are run by some universities with the assistance of the government. The intake in such institutions is limited and the quality of the classroom input is not at the level offered by the private coaching centres. However, they offer very good residential facilities and the food is also provided. The candidates need not worry about the physical facilities and they can concentrate on their studies. These centres offer good library facility with quality books. There will be a good group of students who are all preparing for the same examination. This grouping of fresher and experienced is the major strength of these centres. They charge minimal fees for the room and food and generally the coaching programme is free. The admission is through competitive tests, conducted across the country. They have certain high levels of standard with regard to the discipline. Two such reputed residential coaching centres are Hamdard Study Circle, New Delhi and Residential Coaching Centre, Aligarh. Both are considered to be good with a lot of alumni making to the Civil services every year. The Hamdard Education Society runs the Hamdard with the support from Ministry of Social Justice, mainly intended for students from minority communities. The admission is made through competitive Examination to be held on 6/10/2013, last date for application is 8 September. The application forms can be downloaded from www.hamdardstudycircle.org. Bidar is declared as the ninth Centre for the Test in the country, if sufficient number of applications is received. The Residential Coaching Academy, attached to Aligarh Muslim University is sponsored by the University Grants Commission (UGC). The programme is intended mainly for the students belonging to SC/ST/Minorities and Women categories. The admission is made through a nationwide competitive test on 14 September. The last date for filing application is 31 August. The application form can be downloaded from the website www.amu.ac.in. For further details and assistance, any interested candidates may contact the District Centre for Guidance and Training, Old Civil Hospital, Gawan Chowk, Bidar. The filled in applications along with the supporting documents can be submitted in the DC officer during the working hours. The last date for submitting the applications is fixed as 31 August for Aligarh and 4 September for Hamdard. Any application received late will not be entertained as the centres are very strict about the dates. There will be test centre in Bidar for both the screening test. Email- deo.bidar@gmail.com Please make the best use of this situation