Breaking all odds, 91 students out of the 100 enrolled in the ‘Super-100 programme’ of the Haryana government at the Rewari centre have passed the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE-Main), results of which were declared on Monday for admission to engineering colleges across the country.
For the last couple of years, Naveen Mishra, the head teacher of the ‘Super-100 programme’ has been teaching the students hailing from poor and marginalised sections of society along with his five other IIT pass-out students. The state government has been bearing all the expenses of the students enrolled under the programme.
Talking over the phone, Mishra said a total of 97 students of his centre had appeared for the IIT-JEE (main exam), of which 91 have cracked the exam with a good percentile.
“We used to teach students from 9 am to 5 pm in the classroom programme and later in the evening. The entire focus shifted to self-studies during the evening hours. Every year, we used to conduct a test to enrol the students for two years. The student appearing in the test must have passed Class 10 from a government school in Haryana, besides hailing from poor and marginalised sections of society. Now, our entire focus will be on the JEE advanced exam and I hope that our kids will bring laurels to the state,” he added.
Nakul Mahla, a student from Kaithal, who scored 99.43 percentile, said he wants to dedicate his success to his teachers, parents, friends and the state government which provides free coaching to them.
{{/usCountry}}Nakul Mahla, a student from Kaithal, who scored 99.43 percentile, said he wants to dedicate his success to his teachers, parents, friends and the state government which provides free coaching to them.
{{/usCountry}}“I studied at my village school till Class 10 and my father runs a wood shop, which is not enough to support the family. I had never heard about the IIT-JEE exam before getting enrolled here. The teachers at the Rewari centre are like God to us. I want to pursue my engineering in computer science,” Mahla added.
Roopram, a labourer from Kaithal, said his younger son Karna Pal, who is enrolled at the Rewari centre, brought laurels by passing the IIT-JEE main exam.
“Earlier, I thought about the expenses of my children’s education. Then, my son told me about the Super-100 programme and he passed the entrance test. This scheme is like a lifeline for poor children. Today, I realised that children of poor parents can also crack the IIT exam. I want to thank the teachers and the state government for helping students hailing from marginalised sections of society,” he added.