As they say, there is no free lunch. For the church it is good PR and opportunity to indulge in subtle or overt evangelization and have the tribals get rid of their religion and adopt Christianity. A costly price to pay in the in the end by selling ones soul for material benefits, in this case education.
*Church aid for IAS coaching* http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080531/jsp/jharkhand/story_9345152.jsp OUR CORRESPONDENT *Ranchi, May 30:* Tribal youths aspiring to join the civil services would no longer have to travel all the way to Delhi for good coaching. Roman Catholic Church in Jharkhand has entered into an agreement with Delhi-based institute Alternative Learning System (ALS) to produce IAS and IPS officers from tribal youths here. Experienced teachers of the institute would join Ranchi University teachers to train students in the state capital. Admission for the course, training for which would begin from next month, has already started at the Purulia Road-based institute. "We would produce more top administrative and police officers from tribal youths. This urge drove us to enter into the tie-up with ALS," said Father Lord M. Winner, the new director of Claret Institute of Employment Training. Though non-tribal youths would also be allowed to join, they should belong to the economically weaker section. Compared to the Rs 50,000 charged by reputable coaching centres, tribal youths would only have to cough up Rs 10,000 here, which includes coaching charges for both preliminary and main examinations. "It would be a double effort here as compared to Delhi, where students getting coaching are already motivated. But with the right guidance, we are confident of producing several tribal civic services officers from here," said ALS director Jojo Mathew. "We would train students for taking state civil services examination in tribal languages," said Father Winner.
