Patna, June 11: Super-30, the institute which
coaches underprivileged students to crack IIT-JEE, would train
90 students instead of 30 from the next session beginning June
this year.
"We have increased the number of students for Super-30
from next session beginning June this year itself. We will be
coaching 30 students in three batches so that the nomenclature
is not changed," founder of the institute Anand Kumar told.
From this year onwards, Super-30 would also include the
meritorious students of lower middle class from across the
country on the basis of written test besides the
underprivileged lot which has been the core of the institute
since its inception.
The institute which provide food and lodging facility to
its 30 students free of cost besides coaching would extend the
same facility to the 90 students, who would be selected
through an all India written test, Kumar said.
On being asked from where did he get the inspiration to
coach poor students, Kumar said, "I felt the pinch of
financial constraint when I could not get admission to the
Cambridge University, London despite getting an offer from the
University...This inspired me to start Super-30 for
meritorious students of poor families."
The Super 30's record has been phenomenal since last two
years. It has achieved 100 per cent success which means 30 out
of 30 students made it to the prestigious IITs.
Kumar earned laurels for his noble cause from all
quarters across the world. Discovery channel had also filmed a
documentary on Anand's struggle.
Bureau Report
First Published: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 22:42