Nine months of live teaching, weekly evaluated writing and a mentor who reads every submission.
BeginnerEnglish · 4 lessons · Updated August 2026
What you'll learn
✓Write a structured answer under time pressure
✓Read a question for its actual demand rather than its topic
✓Build an evidence bank you can deploy from memory
✓Sustain a study routine over months rather than weeks
Course content
3 sections · 5 items
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Requirements
A notebook and the willingness to write by hand
Roughly 10 hours a week, including one live evening session
No prior coaching required
Description
What this programme is
A full-length foundation course for candidates starting serious preparation. It runs as one cohort — everyone moves through the same syllabus in the same week, which is what makes the discussion classes and the weekly model answers worth attending.
The teaching is deliberately not a lecture series. Each session assumes you have done the reading and asks you to take a position.
How the week works
Day
What happens
Monday
Live concept class, 90 minutes
Wednesday
Live discussion — you are expected to speak
Friday
The week's written question opens
Sunday
Model answer published, submissions close
Following week
Evaluated copies returned with annotations
What you get back
Every submitted answer is marked on four parameters, five marks each:
Content — did you answer the question that was asked, and cover what it demanded
Structure — introduction, headed sections, a conclusion that goes somewhere
Analysis — cause and effect rather than description; evidence rather than assertion
Language — concise sentences, readable presentation, a balanced close
You also get one specific instruction for the rewrite. Candidates who act on that one line improve; candidates who read it and move on do not.
Who this suits
Someone in their first or second year of preparation who can commit to a fixed weekly rhythm. It is not a crash course and it will not suit anyone looking for one.
Who this course is for
First- and second-year aspirants starting structured preparation
Working professionals who need a fixed, predictable weekly rhythm
Anyone who has self-studied for a year and stalled
Instructor
D
Dr. Anita Bhaskar
Founder & Chief Mentor
Anita has taught competitive-exam aspirants for over fifteen years, and built Meridian around a simple objection: most coaching is a lecture delivered at people who then go home and do nothing with it.
Her classes are discussion-led. Students are expected to arrive having read, to argue a position, and to write. She personally reads a sample of evaluated copies every week.