Study Circle to select candidates for coaching for UPSC exam

Hyderabad, Jun 9 : The Andhra Pradesh Study Circle, established by the Social Welfare Department for the purpose of giving residential coaching to candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC) to prepare for Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and Civil Services Examinations, will select the new batch for 2010-11.Addressing a press conference here today, Social Welfare Commissioner K Praveen Kumar said the study circle would select 184 meritorious students from SC and ST and Backward Classes students from rural areas.He said in view of some allegations on the entrance tests for the selection of candidates, the department had decided to select the candidates based on the marks attained by the student from tenth class to degree-level and those who got the highest marks would be selected for coaching.The selection committee with nine officers would select the candidates.He said so far in the past 31 years, Andhra Pradesh Study Circle had given residential coaching to 5,757 students of whom 43 got into IAS, 42 into IPS and 372 got into other services. He said 75 per cent of the seats would be given to SC and ten per cent to ST and 15 per cent to BCs.Stating that 50 per cent of seats were reserved for women belonging to SC, ST and BC in each category, he said three per cent were reserved for physically handicapped across all categories.He said the last date for submission of application was June 25.
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