Bhubaneswar, April 15: The Odisha government has announced free coaching for Odisha Civil Services aspirants.
Pre-qualifying Entrance for selection of as many as 200 top aspirants is scheduled on June 8
The Odisha Higher Education Department has issued notification on Tuesday.
As part of its ongoing initiative to support meritorious and needy UPSC Civil Services aspirants, the HEdn department will provide free residential coaching to 200 eligible candidates under the UPSC Civil Services Residential Coaching Scheme for the 2025–26 Session.
The notification read, the free coaching would cover 11 months of intensive coaching for both Prelims and Mains (including General Studies and Optional papers) as per the UPSC syllabus.
It also added that the programme will be completely residential, with provision of free fooding and accommodation.
To select the final 200 aspirants, a Pre-qualifying Entrance examination will be conducted on June 8, 2025.
Admit cards will be made available on the SSB Odisha website (www.ssbodisha.ac.in) from June 3, 2025.
Interested candidates can apply online through the SAMS portal. The Common Application Form (CAF) becomes available from today at 4:00 pm, and the last date to apply online is May 9, 2025, at 11:45 pm.An application fee of Rs. 100 is to be paid online during registration, the notification added.
