Proving their mettle once again students from various schools across Jharkhand excelled in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main July Session 2021, the results of which were declared by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Friday evening. DPS, Ranchi student Shashank Kumar became the School topper with NTA score 99.77, according to reports.
Over 22 DPS Ranchi students proved their mettle in the coveted examination. While Shashank Kumar was school topper with NTA score of 99.77, nine students received 99 and above percentile. Also, more than 21 students received 95 and above percentile
Joint Entrance Examination – Main (JEE-Main), formerly All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE), is an all India standardised computer-based test for admission to various technical undergraduate programs in engineering, architecture and Planning across India. The exam is conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). Admission for BTech, B.Arch programs in the premier technical institutes such as the National Institutes of Technology and Indian Institutes of Information Technology are based on the rank secured in the JEE-Main. Since 2021, the test is being conducted 4 times every year, July session being the third one of the four.
In the previous two sessions of JEE (MAIN) 2021, too, the statistics of achievers from DPS Ranchi has spoken volumes. Rahul Kumar turned out to be State Topper in the Second Session (March) and the city topper in the first session (February). Not to exclude the 70 + students who achieved 90 and above percentile in the abovementioned sessions.
Congratulating the students, Principal Ram Singh said that DPS Ranchi has a history of making and breaking records and that he hoped the same to be repeated in the upcoming JEE ADVANCED.
Meanhwile, students of Sarla Birla Public School, Ranchi also registered exemplary performance in the examinations. As per the information received up till now, Rohan, Shashank Kumar and Shreyansh Dubey of the school added to the school’s glory by securing 99.5913431, 99.1746887 and 98.3839632 percentile respectively. They were followed by Aditya Ranjan with 97.9014247 percentile, Shreya Gupta with 96.2367919 percentile, Aditya Keshri with 96.0268139 percentile, Ankit Raj with 94.7860215 percentile and Ritesh Mehta with 93.8187694 percentile.
The School Head Personnel and Admin, Dr. Pradip Varma congratulated the students for this great achievement and appreciated their hard work.
Principal Paramjit Kaur asserted that hard work and determination amount to success. She appreciated the efforts of the parents and the teachers and wished the students luck for the next level.