Paradigm IAS Academy: Beware of the Cheaters

The choice of subjects and appropriate coaching class are perhaps the most important decisions in an aspirant’s journey towards success in UPSC (IAS). It is very essential that we should make a knowledgeable and pious person as “GURU”. In Delhi, Lot of coaching classes have mushroomed, but the candidates who have made it to IAS, generally give the right advice of choosing the right teacher.

In Mumbai/Pune/Nagpur, there is a dearth of good guidance/coaching. That’s where, opportunistic and greedy individuals (who themselves couldn’t clear UPSC, in 4 attempts), open the classes as a means of living and in the process push the students on wrong path and cheats them. Such teachers generally rely on their preparation notes (and material they get from other coaching institutes in Delhi), as they are generally found wanting, when it comes to explanation of a term/subject/fact. These teachers charge the poor students exorbitantly and student more often than not, pays the amount in hope of realising his long cherished dream and non-availability of options.

(ran by Mr. Ambrish Kumar) is a 100% personification of above mentioned evils. I was a student in his class in Mumbai and all of my classmates felt cheated in terms of money, time, effort, preparation seriousness.

Here is some of the very common feedback that I have got:

No interest in well-being of student- Greedy for fees: He won’t give u single of his notes, until and unless you have paid fees in advance.

No teaching in class: He gives you his prepared notes (which he made during his prep time, or made by students) and that’s all. No explanation of notes. No answers to the questions (citing that you will get answer in notes).

No planning: He will give you lot of plans in beginning and will try to lure you in. But he sticks to none of his plans. Absolutely no teaching in class, all of the time is spent in breaking up the distribution of marks in UPSC (which student can easily come to know from chronicle).

Mismanagement of tests and notes: No ordering of notes and tests. Tests are copied from tests in Delhi. Answer keys are not supplied with tests. If a geography test is announced for the next week, then a current affair test is given (since due to his laziness, he was not able to prepare Geography test). Similarly if it was told that Geography will be taught next week, and then you are in for a surprise, he will teach you India Year Book, that too, trivial state information in alphabetical order, read from the book(because, he didn’t prepare for teaching of the subject).

Exorbitant amount of tuition fees: 15000 for 12 classes of prelims GK! In each class, the most important event is receiving of notes!

Money, Money and more Money: You will get lot of teachers in Delhi, who will teach the deserving students for free