Residential Coaching Academy

VISION

• To reinforce participation of marginalized section in governance.

MISSION

• To ensure a level playing field for the Women, SCs, STs and Minorities.
• To enrich the capabilities so as to integrate them in the mainstream.
• To enable them to utilize their boundless potential as the future leaders.

ABOUT RCA

1. The Residential Coaching Academy was established after merging it with the erstwhile Coaching & Guidance Centre through a notification of the Registrar, AMU in 2010, in accordance with the sanction of a scheme of the University Grants Commission entitled “Establishment of Residential Coaching Academy for Minorities/SC/ST and Women"

2. The Residential Coaching Academy conducts coaching programmes for students to enable them for entry into the Central and State Civil Services, Judicial Services and Banking Services etc. It maintains a Library which has the latest course material for the concerned competitive examinations. The library has two reading halls for boys and one for girls. Students selected for the coaching programme through an All-India Test reside in the Sherwani Hall. Girl students are accommodated in RCA Girl's Hostel.

3. The admissions to coaching courses and Library Membership are given through a National Level Entrance Test. The Academy selects 100 students for the regular Civil Services, 60 for Judicial Services and 50 for 'Super-50' Program' of Civil Services. About 100 students are given Library Membership based on entrance test. The main focus of the coaching programme is to prepare the students for the Civil Services and Judicial Services Examinations. The course module includes development of core competence, communication skills and personality development.

4. The UGC vide its letter D.O. No. F.56-1/2009(CU) dated 9^th September, 2009 conveyed the sanction of the UGC for establishment of Residential Coaching Academy for Minorities/SC/ST and Women. The total sanctioned amount for the purpose was Rs. 1328.78 lakhs.

5. The UGC vide its letter No. F.56-1/2009(CU) dated 11^th September, 2009 released the first instalment of grant amount to Rs. 664.39 lakhs. Thereafter, the UGC vide its letter No. F.56-1/2009 (CU) dated 27^th October, 2015 sanctioned the second and final installment of said grant amounting to Rs. 654.89 lakhs, whereas amount is released only in April 2016.

6. This scheme of RCA was extended upto the end of XII^th Plan, i.e. 31.03.2017, vide UGC letter No. F. 56-1/2009 (CU) dated 9^th September, 2013, without any financial commitment.

7. Out of this total (1st and 2nd installment) grant, 1050 lakhs were earmarked for construction of building and transit accommodation.

8. In addition, RCA received Rs. 2,73,000/- under the University Budgetary Provision this year.

9. The scheme is further extended upto 31.03.2018 vide UGC letter No. F.56-1/2009 (CU) dated Feb. 9, 2017 as per item-wise allocation contained in the letter of UGC dated 9^th September 2009 and 9^th September 2013.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS^(NEW)

COACHING PROGRAMS AT RESIDENTIAL COACHING ACADEMY

1.         General Studies and CSAT for Civil Services (PT & Mains): Based on entrance test (for details, kindly see the link "RCA Entrance Test").

Pattern of Entrance Test: Based on Multiple-Choice questions on General Studies comprising of Indian History, Geography, Indian Polity, Current Events, Science & Technology and Reasoning (+2 Level). There shall also be a test of descriptive essay writing.

2.     Coaching for Judicial Services: Based on entrance test (for details kindly see the link "RCA Entrance Test").

3.      Coaching for Staff Selection Commission - Combined Graduate Level (SSC-CGL) & Bank Probationary Officer (BPO): based on entrance test.

4.           Crash course for NET/JRF: For the students of AMU of Arts & Humanities (Paper I).

5.            Payment to internal/external resource persons is made in the following manner: 

External Resource Persons -        Honorarium: Rs. 2000/- (per session)

Internal Resource Persons -         Honorarium: Rs. 600/- (per session) +

Conveyance: Rs. 400/- = Rs. 1000/-

AN ADVISE AND APPEAL TO STUDENTS

 In order to improve the functioning of RCA, you are requested to send me your suggestions; we are open to any kind of criticism. Teachers’ assessment form for evaluation of resource persons is available on our website (link - Form Download). Please send your evaluation report after attending few classes of the concerned teacher. I personally look on all the mails sent to directorrcaamu@gmail.com and reply them.

Your opinion matters. We are committed to make our RCA one of the best coaching Academy of the Country.

Director