Seventeen students from Naxal violence hit-Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh have cracked JEE exam, officials said on Monday.
“Of the 63 students from district residential coaching centre Dantewada-run with support of district administration-appearing in the JEE exam, 17 cracked it,” officials said in a press note.
District Collector Deepak Soni has congratulated students and informed that district administration is planning to upgrade the coaching centre.
“Due to Covid-19 pandemic this time most of the preparations for JEE exams happened in online mode through Gyanganga, WhatsApp and virtual class. Students from different schools in the district were connected via online classes. 17 such students have qualified JEE,” officials were quoted in the press release.
These children are all residents of far-flung Naxal-hit regions which lacks basic amenities like electricity, water supply and road.
Despite the odds these children with sheer dedication and willpower succeeded in passing the exam. Parents of most of such children are farm labourer or daily wage workers.
The students who have qualified exam include Dilip Kumar Sori, Mahendra Kumar Nag, Ganesh, Abhay Kumar Mandavi, Hemant Kumar Arya, Hrithik Kakeem, Santuram Kunjam, Bachuram Netam, Ayata Dudhi, Shravan Kumar Gota, Mahesh Kumar Bhaskar, Nikhil Telam, Manoj Kumar, Jawa Yuvraj, Kumari Upasana Negi, Kumari Kalyani Netam and Rajiv Jain percent, press release added.