UPSC exam: Experts advise group study
For a state which has seen a lot more IT professionals than civil services aspirants in the past few decades, this year's success story in the UPSC exams brought cheers to the bureaucratic circles.
According to Jyotirmay Pal Chaudhuri, who runs the Institute of Civil Service Aspirants, students in the state lack the grit to pursue the study. "It takes a few years for an aspirant to get a grip on the subjects and exam patterns. Bengal never lacked academic brilliance, but good students here have not been much inclined towards cracking UPSC," he said.
Pal Chaudhuri has been associated with training IAS aspirants for more than two decades, during which at least two nodal training centers downed their shutters. While the centre run by Presidency College shut in 2008, another one run by management institute IISWBM closed in 2004. Pal Chaudhuri started his own centre in 2005, when the IAS aspirants started going outside the state in search of guidance.
According to Amal Mukhopadhyay, former principal of Presidency College, unlike Bihar and Odisha, Bengal never had a culture of producing too many IAS officers. "Parents encouraged their kids to appear for JEE rather than civil service tests. Good students always opted for IT or academics," he said. "You don't need brilliant students to succeed in UPSC. But an aspirant should have good academic performance."
Pal Chaudhuri feels one of the most desired quality is the determination to succeed. "It is difficult to do it alone, so one needs a group to work with. With proper handholding, mediocre students can be successful," he said. Six aspirants have made it to the UPSC this year from his centre, with Kantesh Mishra ranking 103rd. According to Pal Chaudhuri, the mantra for a successful centre lies in finding strengths and weaknesses in each student.
The secret recipe lies in understanding the nature of three segments of the examination: Prliminary, main and interview.
Pal Chaudhuri also feels that taking an unbiased stand on an issue is important. He pointed out that while writing about Indo-Pak relationship, a student had opened the piece with: "they are hostile neighbours". "You cannot pass a judgment at the beginning. Rather, build up logic to reach a conclusion," Pal Chaudhuri said.
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For a state which has seen a lot more IT professionals than civil services aspirants in the past few decades, this year's success story in the UPSC exams brought cheers to the bureaucratic circles.
According to Jyotirmay Pal Chaudhuri, who runs the Institute of Civil Service Aspirants, students in the state lack the grit to pursue the study. "It takes a few years for an aspirant to get a grip on the subjects and exam patterns. Bengal never lacked academic brilliance, but good students here have not been much inclined towards cracking UPSC," he said.
Pal Chaudhuri has been associated with training IAS aspirants for more than two decades, during which at least two nodal training centers downed their shutters. While the centre run by Presidency College shut in 2008, another one run by management institute IISWBM closed in 2004. Pal Chaudhuri started his own centre in 2005, when the IAS aspirants started going outside the state in search of guidance.
According to Amal Mukhopadhyay, former principal of Presidency College, unlike Bihar and Odisha, Bengal never had a culture of producing too many IAS officers. "Parents encouraged their kids to appear for JEE rather than civil service tests. Good students always opted for IT or academics," he said. "You don't need brilliant students to succeed in UPSC. But an aspirant should have good academic performance."
Pal Chaudhuri feels one of the most desired quality is the determination to succeed. "It is difficult to do it alone, so one needs a group to work with. With proper handholding, mediocre students can be successful," he said. Six aspirants have made it to the UPSC this year from his centre, with Kantesh Mishra ranking 103rd. According to Pal Chaudhuri, the mantra for a successful centre lies in finding strengths and weaknesses in each student.
The secret recipe lies in understanding the nature of three segments of the examination: Prliminary, main and interview.
Pal Chaudhuri also feels that taking an unbiased stand on an issue is important. He pointed out that while writing about Indo-Pak relationship, a student had opened the piece with: "they are hostile neighbours". "You cannot pass a judgment at the beginning. Rather, build up logic to reach a conclusion," Pal Chaudhuri said.
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