Aptitude and Foundational Values for Civil Services

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Aptitude

Aptitude is an ability to do something.
An aptitude is a component of a competency to do a certain kind of work at a certain level, which can also be considered “talent”.
Aptitudes may be physical or mental.

What is not aptitude?

Aptitude is not

knowledge or understanding,
Interest,
learned or acquired abilities (skills)
attitude

Difference between Attitude & Aptitude

Attitude	Aptitude
It is your positive/negative feeling towards a person, object, event, idea, environment.	Latin Word “Aptus” meaning fitness or adeptness Innate, inborn potential. But not cast in stone. It can be from nature, it can be nurtured.
Associated with character	Associated with competence.
Attitude determines How people arrive at correct judgment, how they’ll perform a given task? e.g. If an officer has negative attitude towards minorities, he may delay passing their scholarship files.	It determines whether Person will develop the skills to perform a particular task?
Examples of attitudes Confidence Cautious tolerant pessimism responsible	Examples of aptitude Quantitative aptitude Verbal aptitude Reasoning aptitude Finger dexterity Visual memory
Only mental. Surviving terminal disease depends on your attitude towards life rather than ‘aptitude’ in physical training.	To become an officer in defense or police services, you need to have both physical and mental aptitude. Aptitude of hand and eye coordination : Good cricketer.
	In India, most people pickup profession without seeing whether they’ve the ‘aptitude’ for it or not? They choose a profession by change and not choice. So, they make a living from their career, but don’t derive job-satisfaction e.g. Most Engineers, pharmacist and IT graduates.
	A Civil servant must have 3 aptitudes Intellectual aptitude. Emotional aptitude. Moral aptitude.

(Souce of table: Mrunal)

Foundational Values for Civil Services

For more on foundational values, refer Mrunal.