DDK Srinagar to provide subject - wise counseling for KAS -mains

            After benefiting thousands of aspirants who qualified the KAS prelims 2009, Doordarshan Kendra (DDK) Srinagar has decided to provide subject-wise counseling for mains examination and shift the focus on optional subjects in its live phone-in- programme ‘Sitaroon Sey Aagey.’ 

         According to the officials of the Kendra, the counseling series which is in the fourth phase now shall feature special interactive sessions with the experts during which all the optional subjects provided by the Public Service Commission (PSC) would be deliberated subject wise during each episode of the live phone-in- programme. 

             “In order to encourage youth to choose administrative services as a career option we had started a series highlighting the pros and cons of the competitive exams with major focus on the KAS-2009 during our live phone-in- programme Sitaroon Sey Aagey. Since the programme received great response from the viewers during the prelims, therefore we decided to continue it for the mains as well,” said Producer /Director of the programme Nazir Nazar. 

       “However,” he added “the focus will be now on optional subjects and during each episode one or two optional subjects will be discussed to make the programme more specific and beneficial for the aspirants.” 

           Quoting several letters and e-mails received by the Kendra from viewers/KAS aspirants, Nazar said, "The need for subject-wise counseling was felt after we received an overwhelming response from our viewers/aspirants who have already qualified the prelims examination .Majority of them had suggested that keeping in view the duration of the programme and the vast syllabus of the optional subjects each subject deserves to be discussed on a separate day following which we changed the modus operandi and started subject-wise counseling.” 

        According to reports under the new scheme of things so far one episode has been telecast last week on October 18 during which two optional subjects Sociology and Public administration were discussed exclusively and the phone-in- interaction was live between the aspirants and the experts. 

       “In order to provide a holistic view of each subject we have decided that besides the subject expert the panel would also include a KAS officer who had chosen the same subject during his exam as one of the optional that would be under discussion,” said Nazar. 

     “This,” he added “will help the aspirants to identify the areas that need to be strengthened in a particular subject and remove the apprehensions and fear thereby focusing on their selected optional only and filtering out the irrelevant information."