In the early 1800s, officers for the East India Company were nominated and trained in London's Haileybury College. But in ...

Last year 1.1m people applied to join the top tier of the civil service, but around 1,000 (0.2% of those who actually sat the first exam) were offered a spot.

Atul Loke for The New York Times That makes government jobs highly prized. Last year, 1.3 million people applied for 1,000 slots in the prestigious civil service of the central government.

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