ADMISSION EXAMS.

Evening Post, Issue 156, 3 July 1936, Page 8

ADMISSION EXAMS.

INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE

(British Official wireless." (Received July 3, 9 a.m.) RUGBY, July 2. According to completed figures, 145 Europeans and 246 Indians entered for the Indian Civil Service London examination this year. The figures last year were 83 and 251 respectively, and in the past 11 years the number oX European entrants was highest in 1928, when 121 Europeans and 167 Indians entered. In order to remedy under-recruit-ment of Europeans for the Indian Civil Service, the Secretary for India proposes to begin selecting this year a certain number of candidates for admission to the service otherwise than by the written competitive examination. Candidates must be British subjects of non-Asiatic domicile, between 21 and 24 years of age, and must have qualified by examination for a good honours degree of an approved university. Entries closed on June 12, I and 264 Europeans with the necessary qualifications have entered for appointment by selection. Of the selec- | tion candidates 56 have entered also I for examination. The net entry in j London is therefore 353 Europeans and 248 Indians. The number of enj (rants for the Delhi examination, confined lo candidates domiciled in India, is not yet available.