Features of Foundation Courses
Our comprehensive foundation courses at IIAS provide aspiring civil servants with expert guidance, up-to-date study materials, personalized mentorship, and a proven track record for success in competitive examinations.
OBJECTIVES
Salient Features of Foundation Courses
(GENERAL STUDIES + CSAT+ ESSAY+ COMPLETE STUDY MATERIAL (SOFT COPY)+ MAINS ANSWER WRITING PROGRAM + NCERT TEST SERIES + CURRENT AFFAIRS TEST SERIES + ALL INDIA PRELIMS TEST SERIES + MAINS TEST SERIES + INTERVIEW PREPARATION + PERSONALIZED MENTORESHIP)
COACHING FOR PRELIMS EXAMINATION
Complete, comprehensive, and time-bound coverage of the entire UPSC syllabus by distinguished faculty.
COACHING FOR MAINS EXAMINATION
Daily answer writing practice with a special focus on developing critical and analytical thinking among aspirants. Complete coverage of subjects that are specific to mains like Ethics, International Relations, World History, Internal Security, and Disaster Management among others.
COMPLETE STUDY MATERIAL
NCERT Books and Standard Reference books (SOFT COPY) will be provided by IIAS. These books are sufficient, complete, and only study material needed to crack the Civil Services Examination.
ALL-INDIA NCERT TEST SERIES
All-India NCERT Test Series are methodically designed to strengthen a candidate’s basic concepts.
ALL-INDIA CURRENT AFFAIRS TEST SERIES
All-India Current Affairs Test Series are precisely designed to keep an aspirant updated with the current affairs. With regular Current Affairs-based test series, an aspirant would easily be able to identify topics that are important for the exam.
ALL-INDIA PRELIMS TEST SERIES
Topic-wise and full syllabus comprehensive tests would be taken by students. Regular tests would help students in identifying the question paper pattern. Gradually, Students would also develop the habit of completing the paper in time.
MAINS EXAM TEST SERIES
Comprehensive tests for Essays, General Studies, and Ethics would be provided to the candidates. The motive of such tests would be to generate a broader point of view, critical understanding, and analysis among aspirants.
GUIDED INTERVIEW PREPARATION
A purposive one-to-one conversation would be held between the candidate and a panel of experts and feedback would be given accordingly. A recorded video of the mock interview would be provided to the candidate so that he/she can self-assess his/her strengths and weaknesses.
CURRENT AFFAIRS - DAILY NEWS ANALYSIS
DAILY NEWS ANALYSIS- from the Hindu, The Indian Express, PIB along with answer writing practice.
MONTHLY MAGAZINE
A monthly current affairs magazine would be provided to candidates which will cover all the important current affairs of the entire month.
Other features include:
Regular main answer writing practice.
Regular batches and weekend batches.
Innovative teaching pedagogy.
Individual attention to each student.
Small batch sizes.
Bilingual classes- in Malayalam and English.
Extra classes.
Back up classes.
Periodic doubt classes.
Seminars by successful candidates and senior IAS officers.
Previous year papers analysis.
COURES
Course Features
Features included in the Two years foundation Course
Continuous association with IIAS for two consecutive years.
Access to all the updated study material.
Students can repeat further classes.
Students can repeat the updated test series.
Students will be provided with updated current affairs magazines.
Features included in the unlimited lifetime foundation course:
Life-long association with IIAS Access to all the updated study material.
Students can repeat further classes.
Students can repeat the updated test series.
Students will be provided updated current affairs magazines.