Retired professors are appointed to coach students for IIT-JEE who scored more than 80 per cent marks in the Uttarakhand Class X board examination-2012 and are living in remote areas of the State. A total of 47 students are being given 15-day training at State Institute of Education Management and Training (SIEMAT). This training programme called ‘Abhilasha’ is being organised under aegis of University of Petroleum and Energy Studies as part of its corporate social responsibility, said associate professor and deputy director of UPES Mandira Agarwal while talking to The Pioneer.
Agarwal said that the School Education director Chandra Singh Gwal was informed about free coaching on IIT JEE for meritorious students in December 2012 and following his orders, more than 200 government school students of different districts applied till March 19, 2013. Of these, 47 students including 11 girls were selected based on their class X board exam results and the location of their residence. This program began on March 22 in SIEMAT and would continue till April 5. These students would appear in the IIT JEE scheduled to be held on April 7.
She said that retired associate professors of DAV (PG) College are coaching the students on basics of chemistry, mathematics and physics apart from the ITT JEE syllabus. UPES associate professor Bhawna Yadav lamba said that apart from coaching, these students are provided free lodging and meals at SIEMAT.
During training program, students are taught for seven and half hours daily with two and half hours for each subject- mathematics, physics and chemistry.
To conduct this program, `6 lakh is expected to be spent by UPES. Students, attending the training program said that the experienced teaching staff had helped them clearing their doubts. They expressed hope that the coaching would help them secure good rank in the IIT-JEE.