STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: The SR College of Competitions ( SRCC) conducted one to one counselling sessions for the civil services aspirants in the College premises at Gandhi Nagar here today.
The counselling sessions were conducted by respective expert faculties from Delhi and Jammu & Kashmir. The faculty members apprised the aspirants about the nature and structure of the exam comprehensively. In the first of its kind session attended by aspirants along with their parents and guardians from across Jammu and Kashmir and even from Ladakh, all the aspects of Civil Services Exam were discussed threadbare. This included the scheme and pattern of the exam, approach for prelims and mains, sources of study material and the books and magazines required, use of online resources and the relevance of newspaper reading in preparing for the current affairs. Various strategies for writing test series for both prelims and mains were covered thoroughly and to the best satisfaction of the aspirants.
During the multiple simultaneous sessions the entire syllabus, the focus areas and the kind of questions asked in the previous years were also taken up. Aspirants were also made aware about the CSAT and Essay papers.
The expert faculty members discussed in detail the entire syllabus of civil services examination conducted by the UPSC and JKPSC and suggested a comprehensive step by step strategy to prepare for both the Preliminary and the Mains examination.
In this four and half hour long exercise, they dealt with all the four papers of the General Studies,Civil Services Aptitude Test and also about the selection of Optional subject.They attended to all the queries raised by the aspirants regarding factors to be kept in mind while choosing a right and suitable optional.
Further, aspirants discussed about the ethics , integrity and aptitude paper and the best approach to handle the theory and the case studies part. Also they asked about the cut off needed to qualify in the prelims and the mains examination.
They also drew the attention of the aspirants to essay paper and the answer writing practice and suggested the aspirants to atleast attend one comprehensive test series for both prelim and mains examination.The resource persons also stressed on the importance of current affairs and the relevant resources to prepare the same. Various other aspects like time management, study material, preparation of notes and newspaper reading were handled in an exhaustive manner .A common query raised by most of the parents of college going students was how to synchronise academics with the civil services coaching & preparation
The response was overwhelming and the attendees appreciated the initiative taken by the SR College in the form of counselling sessions on individual basis.The attendees included the aspirants preparing for IAS and JKAS 2022 and also undergraduates who will be eligible in a couple of years.
“SR College has planned a series of such personalized counselling sessions, workshops, seminars , webinars and interactions with the IAS officers , KAS toppers and various subject experts to motivate and encourage them and give them the confidence to clear these prestigious exams” informed Office Coordinator Neha Sharma.
She also assured that SR College will live up to its reputation by bringing more and more subject experts from across the country as part of its commitment to provide best coaching to the aspirants from Jammu and Kashmir.
Instead of unnecessarily displacing themselves to bigger cities just for the preparation, the aspirants from Jammu and Kashmir can avail best coaching at Jammu itself, she said.
