The percentage of students from the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Other Backward Classes cracking the entrance tests of national level institutes is rising every year in Madhya Pradesh.
According to information obtained on Saturday 323 students belonging to these categories excelled in the national competitive examination JEE Mains (IIT-2017). Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan congratulated the successful students. Advising the students to prepare well for the JEE Advance examination, Chief Minister Chouhan wished for their bright future. The Chief Minister congratulated the District Collector, Project Officers of Tribal Development Department and In charges of Coaching Institutes related to the students successful in JEE Mains.
It may be noted that according to the information obtained from various district’s 52 students belonging to the SC/ST category of Dhar district, 54 of Jhabua district, 21 of Alirajpur, 30 of Badwani, 35 of Khargone, 15 of Khandwa, 41 of Seoni, 4 of Dindori, 63 of Mandla, 4 of Bhopal and 4 of Raisen have been successful.
It may be noted that the state government has made divisional level arrangements for free coaching of national-level competitive examinations for the students of these categories after they acquire good marks in the Class 10th examination in Madhya Pradesh. local level arrangements have also been made with community participation by the collectors for talented students of these categories in Mandla, Dindori, Jhabua etc. district.
It is the result of these efforts and arrangements that students of SC/ST and OBC category are now cracking national level competitive examinations and moving towards a bright future for their families. Not only the students of these categories enthusiastic about competing in these examinations, instead they are successful also. The percentage of success is rising every year.
The State Government’s efforts to make quality education facilities available in government schools and different educational promotion schemes are also behind this achievement.