Indiacan partners with ‘Alternative Learning Systems (ALS)’

IndiaCan, the test preparation education venture of Pearson Education, the world’s leading learning company, today announced its strategic partnership with Alternative Learning Systems (ALS), one of India's leading learning institutions and pioneers in IAS training.

As part of the partnership, Indiacan and ALS, will set-up ‘ETEN IAS centers’ to offer world-class training to aspiring IAS candidates across the country.

Speaking at the ceremony, Ritesh Handa, Business Head, IndiaCan said,” IndiaCan’s test prep venture, ETEN is a market leader in CA test preparation market. It has the highest success rate in the industry. Now ETEN is entering the IAS test prep market as ETEN IAS, we aim to capture 10% to 15% of market share in next 3 years.

Our aim is to replicate our successful CA training model, the country’s no.1 CA coaching model having top 4 all India ranks, to existing and aspiring IAS candidates, at the comfort of their hometown. Over last few years, country has seen a significant rise in IAS aspirants and with our venture we hope to contribute to the IAS success rate of this country.”

ETEN IAS, claims the company, will be first-of-its-kind IAS training institute in India. Based on VSAT technology, it will bring India’s best IAS faculty to the doorstep of every IAS aspirant like Jojo Mathews, Shashank Atom, Manoj Kumar Singh, Krishna Reddy and Manish Gautam. They will hold VSAT classes for the ETEN IAS students across India.

Mr. Jojo Mathews, ED, ALS said, “The Civil Services examination is considered one of the toughest and even the interviews are most rigorous of all entrances conducted in the country. To add to this, the IAS aspirants face key challenges today such as organising classroom teaching in a systematic manner and getting the right guidance to crack the examination. Through ETEN IAS, we will provide them an access to the best faculty and content for IAS training and a practical training module including mock interviews to prepare them for the examination.”