Early Times Report
Srinagar , Sept 13: Buoyant over the success of students from the state cracking the prestigious all-India civil services exams, Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to bear the expenses of coaching of those who have cleared the preliminary stage of the exams. The government will bear the expense for further coaching outside Jammu and Kashmir. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today asked the Institute of Management, Public Administration and Rural Development (IMPARD) to sponsor all the students from the state, who qualify preliminary examination of Indian Administrative Services (IAS), for further coaching outside the state. "You should support all the successful candidates of preliminary examination of IAS and help them receive further necessary training even outside the state to qualify the final examination," Omar said at the 12th Executive Council meeting of IMPARD here. Shah Faesal, a Kashmiri doctor, had topped the 2009 CSE while ten students from the state alo made it in 2012 to the prestigious league. On this occasion, Director General IMPARD BB Vyas briefed the chief minister about new initiatives taken to upgrade and improve its performance. |