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12 YO Student Selected for International Biology Olympiad!
Only 12 years of age and he is being called the scientist of future. At his age, he has achieved what students of Class 12th do. Parents, mentor, school are all going ga-ga over him …
Jeevesh Joon, Jhajhar Haryana, currently staying in Kota, has got his name registered in records as he becomes the youngest to crack tough competition to reach round two at International Biology Olympiad (IBO).
At an age of 12, Jeevesh, when should be busy playing galli cricket, has done what generally students of Class 12th do. International Biology Olympiad is a competitive examination which students of Class 12th are supposed to attempt.
A former National Coordinator of Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Vijay Singh, reminds how such an impressive feat was achieved by a student of Class 8th as many as 7 years ago.
This year as many as 15,000 students had appeared for the examination, however, only 3000 reached the round two. One among these 3000 students is Jeevesh, the youngest of all.
Jeevesh’s mother says that it was his love for reading that had eventually prepared him for one of the toughest competition in the field of Biology. The proud mother also informs that he had cleared the first round last year as well, when he was in Class 6th, however, HBSCE couldn’t allow him to sit for second round as students of Class 9th and above only can attempt it.
For his preparations, his mother says that it was actually his elder sister who was preparing for medical examinations, however, couldn’t attempt any because of her lower age. All that Jeevesh did was read her Classes 11th and 12th books, which prepared him enough to attempt the examination and crack it as well. He also read NSE Biology books out of interest.
Tushar Paresh, his mentor, couldn’t stop beaming in pride, as he goes on to applaud him saying, “He’s a gifted child. He’s always looking for books beyond his syllabus to read. When he couldn’t sit for the second round of junior Olympiad, he came to me and I advised him to try the senior Olympiads which have no age restrictions. He chose biology. I wasn’t very sure that he would be able to clear it, but he’s done it.”