On 30 May, UPSC announced the results of the Civil Services Exam 2021 or commonly known as the IAS Exam. Those who were successful are still celebrating their success whereas the many others would have already chalked out a plan for their next attempt.
On the other hand are the numerous IAS coaching institutes, which have only increased in numbers over the years jostling for credit. As the results were announced, there was an immediate rush to conduct TV interviews with toppers, photo ops and guest lectures by toppers for the eagerly waiting Aspirants. After all, this is the admission season and what better way to attract fresh candidates/aspirants than by claiming top ranks?
If anyone has been following the news, or to be specific, the ads in newspapers, every other IAS coaching institute claims the top five or top 10 rank holders to be from their institute. The funny thing is, top rankers especially the top five are claimed to be students of more than a dozen institutes. One of the top ranker’s photos from last year has been plastered across coaching institutes from Delhi to Bengaluru which makes it difficult to believe since it is humanely impossible to attend classes at all these institutes and makes one wonder, isn’t something fishy?
So, how do coaching institutes claim ranks and how can candidates verify their credibility before losing hard-earned money?
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