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JEE Main results: 91 students enrolled in Haryana’s Super-100 programme crack exam
91 students out of 100 enrolled in the ‘Super-100 programme’ of Haryana government at the Rewari centre have passed the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE-Main), results of which were declared on Monday
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.
“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.
