Patna : As many as 25 of the 30 students of Bihar’s Super 30 — a free coaching centre for underprivileged students — have cracked the highly competitive IIT-JEE this year, its director said on Thursday. The children of a taxi driver, a mason, a farmer, a daily wage earner, a helper in a photo lab, and migrant workers were among the successful candidates.
“We are happy that this year, 25 of our 30 students have made it through the Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination. The credit goes to the hardworking students and our teachers,” Super 30’s founder-director Anand Kumar told IANS here.
“All of them have succeeded in fulfilling their IIT-JEE dreams at Super 30 with dedication and hard work,” he said. This year’s IIT-JEE result has once again underlined the fact that, with proper opportunity, even students from poor families can reach the prestigious IITs, the institute director added.
The father of one of the successful candidates, Neeraj Jha, is a taxi driver in Kolkata. “I have realised my dream. I will now lift my family out of poverty,” Neeraj, who secured 1,217th rank, said.
