Joining the civil services is always a dream for any youth irrespective of educational background, whether be it arts, commerce, engineering, technology or even medicine. It’s undoubtedly the hardest nut to crack, perhaps more tougher than the entrance exams of IITs, IIMs and even the global counterparts like SAT, GMAT etc. 
So far as region-wise representation in terms of state of origin of aspirants is taken into account, it can be said that all zones namely northern, central, western, eastern and southern have the most number of enthusiasts, which naturally get reflected through the respective regional representation in terms of numbers.But comparatively, the zone having much less share remains the Northeast, and except for a few sudden instances, the scenario has changed little during preceding decades. Although the reasons in their entirety might be varied, a common and obvious one that can never be discounted is lack of proper coaching which has now emerged as a professional service concentrated in almost all metros and even medium and large cities. It has become an unwritten law and a belief altogether among aspirants that without having a coaching backup from a credible institution it’s well-nigh impossible, and to drive home the actualities, it is really one cannot do without.  
The same is the case for Arunachal and it’s no wonder that any new facility that promises to aid in the efforts of facing civil services exam, whether be it central or state will draw wide attention, as it had been the case of Wednesday’s  free seminar on UPSC/APPSC exam preparation at CHF Pasighat. It is no doubt that central civil services exams which annually appoints officers to the coveted cadres of IAS, IPS, IRS etc, who practically runs the country on and from the ground, were never a cake walk, however excellent one might be in terms of preceding academic results. And noticeably the competition has gone tougher beyond imagination, since, last few years has seen a steady decline in number of posts. While in 2014 there were approx. 1300 vacancies, in 2019 it climbed down to round about 900 and 2020’s advertisement released early this month shows that it’s even fewer now with approx. 800.
In this context, to ensure that more sons and daughters of Arunachal survive this cut-throat competition, state government must play the role of chief mentor through support in all possible ways, administratively, academically, financially and so on.  Along with this, the ongoing persuasion efforts with Centre to have a separate state cadre of civil services must continue since its realisation will practically create renewed enthusiasm among state’s aspirants to take the central level exams.
A few initial success from the state will act as solid dose of encouragement for others. And for that, the state’s academic fraternity and government must take up the challenge jointly. 

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
      She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
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