The Training Programmes
JSSTICE at the present offers full-time training to candidates aspiring to join All India Services or State Civil Services. It is necessary that only serious candidates who can spare at least seven hours daily for study and training need apply. There is no part-time course. The Institute receives every year more than a thousand applications for admission. A written test and individual interview are conducted for selecting students for admission. Only 90 most promising candidates are selected strictly on merit basis. JSSTICE offers training in 4 packages as explained hereunder.
Package I: All India Services Mains & Preliminary Examination Training
Package I: All India Services Mains & Preliminary Examination Training
Generally, training for All India Services combined examinations starts in the first week of January and ends in the last week of July each year. The calendar of events of JSSTICE published in the month of June every year, gives details of the Time Schedules of Training Packages of the ensuing year.
Package-I covers two papers of Preliminary Examination, which consists of objective type multiple choice questions. Certain basic skills required to understand, analyze and select the best answers to different types of questions are taught. Emphasis is on exercises and acquisition skills to crack questions of logical, numerical and analytical types quickly. General knowledge component is also extensively covered along with current affairs.
Second part of Package-I includes coverage of language papers, essay papers, three compulsory papers and two papers in one of the optional subjects. At present JSSTICE imparts training in seven optional subjects. These are Geography, Public Administration, History, Sociology, Economics, Anthropology and Kannada Literature.
Package II: Training for Karnataka Civil Service
The third package of training is exclusively for candidates appearing for the Karnataka Civil Service Examinations. Since syllabi of these examinations are nearly identical to All India Service Examination, teaching pattern, duration, and content of training are also the same as for the All India Services. However, second papers of the Optional Subjects are taught separately and exclusively to the candidates appearing for the Karnataka Civil Service Examinations.
Package III: Personality Tests
Package IV is intended for candidates who pass the All India Services Main Examination and Karnataka Civil Service Main Examination. This package lasts for about 2 weeks. It consists of Mock Interviews and practice sessions. Etiquette and manners essential for successful interviews are taught along with skills in language, presentation, dressing and appearance, presence of mind and emotional control.