MAPUSA
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said the Directorate of Higher Education has taken the initiative to engage the services of institutes for imparting comprehensive coaching to students in order to prepare them to appear for competitive exams.
“The main objective of providing such coaching classes is to drastically increase the number of candidates from the State to clear national and state level competitive exams to secure admission in leading colleges, institutes and securing jobs,” Sawant said.
He said the initiative will also provide ample opportunities and assistance to students to achieve their goal without any hindrance.
The CM was responding to a starred question tabled by Aldona MLA Glenn Ticlo in the just concluded Goa Legislative Assembly.
The Career Point Ltd, a coaching institute from Kota, Rajasthan has been selected to provide a foundation level training for competitive exams like IIT, JEE, NEET, various scholarships etc for students of Class 8, 9 and 10. It will be a 12 month course and the training fees will be Rs 4,720 per month per student.
Similarly, IMS Learning Resources Pvt Ltd from Mumbai will provide pure admission to under-graduate or post-graduate courses in institutions of national importance and equivalent to 12th or after graduation. The training fees will be Rs 34,220 per student for a full course of 8 to 12 months.
IMS Learning will also provide competitive examination (aptitude & professional for jobs related to government and PSU recruitments UPSC/PSC’s/Banking/Insurance etc). The fees for the course will be Rs 9,440 per student for a course of 8 to 12 months.
The CM further informed that the training will be imparted at six centres in the State: Government College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Sanquelim, Khandola, Quepem, Government College of Commerce and Economics, Borda, Goa College of Home Science, Panaji and Sant Sohirobanath Ambiye Government College of Arts and Commerce in Pernem.
He said so far Goan students were appearing on their own for national level competitive exams.
