Civil Service Training Programme
Civil Service Training is a process of socialisation and professionalisation of the Civil Service .
The inculcation of the right attitude towards the public and towards business should therefore be one of the principal aims of Civil Service Training.”
Most Rev. Filipe Neri Cardinal Ferrao mooted the idea of having the Civil Service Training for students of Schools affiliated with the Archdiocesan Board of Education .The purpose of the training was to help our students ‘to think critically and logically’. The school students cannot be trained to appear for the GPSC and UPSC exams at this level, as graduation is required to be eligible to appear for the said examination. The idea to start the training for students of three classes VIII, IX and X, and later on STDs XI and XII was to prepare their mindset towards the said goal, to motivate them and to refine their thinking and their attitude to persevere in their ambition.
The Working Team for the Civil service training programme for the academic year 2022-23 was constituted for better co-ordination and as per Geographical location and consisted of the following members:-
Co-ordinator- Mr Russell Coutinho
Asst Co-ordinator-Ms Perci Fernandes
North Goa HSS- Ms Victoria D\’Souza
South Goa HSS-Fr Pedro Rodrigues
Mapusa /Siolim Zone-Sr Julie Rodrigues
Calangute Zone-Mr Nicholas Cardozo
Bicholim Zone-Ms Ivy Arifa Pereira
Aldona Zone-Sr Rosarina Crasto
Pernem Zone-Ms Shunia Mendes
Tiswadi/Pilar-Ms Merlyn Menezes Gama
Mormugao- Ms Zenaida Barreto
Cuncolim Zone-Sr Tressila Pinto
Quepem Zone-Ms Greta Cardoso
Margao B&D Zone-Ms Sandra DSilva
Margao A & C Zone- Ms Maria Jennifer da Silva
The Memorandum of Understanding was executed by the ABE and Abhyankar IAS Academy , Pune and the time table for the training program was finalised for both the North and South District to be held at Santa Cruz High School at Santa Cruz, Tiswadi and Presentation Convent Higher Secondary School at Margao.
In all, about 135 students registered for the training program in the North and 139 students registered for the same in the South.
The Working Team Members monitored the training sessions as per the time table that was framed and circulated to the students.
Training sessions for classes 8 to 11 started on 28/10/22 and ended on 06/11/22. Daily attendance of students was marked and reported to the ABE office.
Working Committee Team members observed the training sessions conducted by the resource persons and submitted their observations to the respective center coordinator
Students were punctual for the sessions. Classes for STD X and Xl were combined.
Civil services training sessions for students of STD Xll were held via video conferencing at Rosary Higher Secondary School, Navelim for students from South Goa and at Santa Cruz High School, Santa Cruz for students from North Goa from 5th to 13th Dec 2022.
An introductory session for parents was held on the first day of the training session, at 9 am in the North and 2.30 pm in the South.
Extra classes were also held online on 6/1/2023 & 7/1/2023 for those who missed the regular classes.
The mock test and final test were held offline at Santa Cruz High School and Rosary Higher secondary school, Navelim, on 3rd Feb 2023 and 4th Feb 2023 respectively from 2pm to 4pm.
Valedictory function was scheduled for 28/02/2023 at Santa Cruz High School.
The Chief Guest was Mr. Lyndon Cardozo, who recently passed the GPSC exams and is selected to the post of Junior Scale Officer. His inspiring words indeed motivated our young aspirants to follow their dreams and achieve their goal.
The Archdiocesan Board of Education thanks the School Managements, Working Team Members , parents, students and the Resource Persons from the Abhyankar IAS Academy , Pune for their support and cooperation for the success of this civil service training program for the academic year 2022-23 and look forward to greater participation in the next academic year.