There is no dearth of intelligent students with potentials in Assam and in the North East. But the success rate of IAS and other Civil Service aspirants from the Region has been very low. In the case of candidates belonging to minority communities and poor families the success rate has been negligible. A few aspirants, who make it to IAS occasionally, normally take coaching in Delhi and the other metros of the country at considerable cost. The share of the representation of Assam and the North East Region in the governance of the nation is very low. The ERD Foundation, therefore, decided to start a coaching centre named, the FAKHRUDDIN ALI AHMED CENTRE FOR COACHING AND GUIDANCE (FACC), in Guwahati. Objectives :
To identify students with the right attitude and potentials, guide and motivate them to release the forces of initiative and enterprise in them and to unleash their latent talent through planning, training and coaching for successfully competing in the civil services examinations conducted by the Union and the State Public Service Commissions. To offer career counselling to 10 plus 2 students for choosing the right career path based on their aptitude, interest and capabilities, and not driven by emotions, peer or family pressures. To create awareness among youths about aims, objectives, procedures and relative advantages of various competitive examinations particularly civil services examinations. To inculcate in them the competitive spirit. To enter into collaboration with reputed academic, training and research institutions and muster support for conduct of coaching. To draw guest faculties from among administrators, academicians and professionals. To train students from the weaker sections of society including the minority community for higher education and entrance examinations like CAT/GRE/JEE/MAT/AIEEE/CEE/Medical Entrance Tests etc. To identify, through talent search, the students with potentials in the very first year of their undergraduate courses, guide and prepare them all throughout their academic career for the combined civil services examination.
