Education Department of Punjab is in a celebration mode with 31 of its students from the meritorious schools of the State clearing the JEE Advance exams and getting selected for the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). Daljit Singh Cheema, Education Minister, said that these students of the first batch of non-medical stream in meritorious schools have cracked IIT exams in their first attempt.
He said that 161 students of non-medical stream in 6 Senior Secondary Residential Schools for Meritorious Students of the state have cleared the preliminary examination of the JEE advance test and finally 31 students (16 boys and 15 girls) cleared the mains of JEE and got selected for admissions in IITs.
Cheema said that it is matter of pride for the whole of Punjab that the meritorious students belonging to poor families have scaled the pinnacle of education by getting admissions in the most prestigious engineering institutes of the country.
These students are Barinder Singh, Simranjeet Kaur, Randeep Kaur, Baljinder Kaur, Milanpreet Kaur, Prince, Damanpreet Kaur, Sandeep Kumar, Jaspreet Kaur, Komal, Harpreet Kaur, Shubh Kumar and Parminder Kaur of Meritorious School Jalandhar, Daljip Ram, Gaurav, Sukhdeep Singh, Harpreet Kaur, Baljinder Kaur, Amarjeet Singh and Rekha of Meritorious School Patiala, Jasveer Singh, Kuldeep Singh, Nirmal Singh, Prem Kumar and Sukhchain Singh of Meritorious School Bathinda, Rajdeep Singh, Navjot Singh, Kajal and Sukhpreet Kaur of Meritorious School ludhiana and Shamsher Singh and Sonia of Meritorious School Amritsar.
The minister congratulated the Project Director of Meritorious Schools Major General (Retd.) K.A.S. Bhullar, Principals and Staff of these schools for the achievement.