Patna, Jan. 4: Students of Chandragupt Institute of Management Patna (CIMP) who cannot access the latest facilities because of financial constraints need not lose sleep about how to get jobs. Their alma mater is tutoring them so that they stand a good chance in campus interviews.

The management institute has decided to start special tutorials for students from weaker sections of society, especially Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST).

In these classes, students would be helped to upgrade their communication and language skills. They would also be trained on how to appear before interview boards.

The classes, which started sometime ago, have picked up steam, as campus interviews are only a few months away.

CIMP director V. Mukunda Das said: “We have started a special cell to enhance knowledge and skill of students who are weak.” He added that the faculty members of the institute take the special classes on communication skills, body language and tactics of group discussions.

Sources said the institute has decided to start the special classes because many of its students — who are from rural background — face problems during campus interviews with private sector companies.

Students who have benefitted from these classes are all praises for them.

A final-year student, who is taking these special classes, said: “As I come from a rural background, I face problems communicating in English. But after taking special tutorial classes, my communication skill and body language have improved a lot.”

A senior faculty member of the institute said: “The institute decided to start these classes for students from weaker section of society. We have received complaints from students who face problems in understanding lessons.”

The faculty members added that as these students enter through quota, they often do not have the same communication skills as the general category students.

CIMP follows the government policy of 50 per cent reservation for SC, ST and OBC students.

They will, however, now also reap benefits from group discussion and interviews conducted by experts from other institutes.

The director said: “CIMP is one of the few B-schools in the country which is working on a social cause apart from imparting management studies. In this competitive age, private sector companies want to employ candidates who are smart and can present their skills and knowledge is an attractive way. We are only trying to help our students get a better launch pad for their careers by training them about what employers want.”