Jammu and Kashmir: 1,000 youth selected for free UPSC coaching

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has selected 1,000 youth who would be provided free coaching for the UPSC civil services examination under a scheme. "Selection list of 1000 youth for free coaching of UPSC Civil Services Examination under PARVAAZ scheme declared today by Mission Youth.

Besides aiding coaching centres in universities, the government has also started the process to establish residential coaching institutes at Srinagar and Jammu, "Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Twitter. PARVAAZ Qualifying Test (PQT) was conducted on May 15 for selection of candidates for the coaching programme to be run by Mission Youth, an initiative of the J&K government. For the programme, 30 per cent of the seats have been reserved for females.

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Recently, the Ambedkar Centre of Excellence at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) had decided to conduct entrance test for admission to free UPSC Civil Service exam coaching for Scheduled Caste (SC) students on August 7, 2022.