Bose is hinting at the abysmal standards shown by many FI candidates in my recent experience of interviewing/selecting them (we're recruiting too, but in the south-east).
Advice to the OP is to study very hard before going on the course, to get all of the PPL subjects utterly squared away, and then to choose the best FI course available, ideally not with one of the old guard of FIC instructors who have yet to move with the times.
There are good jobs available for good FIs at present, and a very disappointing number of FI employment candidates who are simply unemployable.