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47 kids from poor families studying at JNV crack JEE Main 2016

A remarkable 47 out of the 58 students studying at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV), Pipersand, have qualified for the JEE Mains and are optimistic of cracking the advanced stage as well. “These students mostly hailing from rural humble backgrounds have proved that facilities alone do not matter. It

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When the Government of India set up the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) for rural children, it must not have dreamed that some of the JNVs would turn into breeding grounds for students who would crack the JEE Mains.

A remarkable 47 out of the 58 students studying at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV), Pipersand, have qualified for the JEE Mains and are optimistic of cracking the advanced stage as well.

For the uninitiated, JNVs are co-educational residential schools 100% financed and administered by the GOI through an autonomous organisation, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti. “These students mostly hailing from rural humble backgrounds have proved that facilities alone do not matter. It is the perseverance that counts,” said Principal JC Gupta.

Whenever 17-year-old Mayank saw his father, a farmer toiling away in the scorching heat, he hoped to someday change his family’s fortune. Youngest among his 4 siblings, the Sultanpur lad scored 136 marks in JEE Mains this year. Scoring well has given this young boy the confidence of cracking the JEE Advanced as well. He said, “I have worked very hard for the last 2 years. The onus of changing my family’s fortune is on me.”

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JNV Lucknow too holds a good record of students cracking the prestigious exam. In 2014, 47 out of the 50 students cracked JEE Mains while 34 went on to clear the JEE Advanced. However, in 2015 only 8 students cracked the exam. This year, there is a high anticipation from this year’s school topper in JEE Mains Amit Yadav who scored a total of 210 marks with 74 in mathematics.

“We are hopeful that all the 47 students who will appear in JEE Advanced on May 22 will do well. Amit is very bright and we are confident that he will make it to one of the IITs in the country, said vice-principal of JNV Neeta Upadhyay.

Much of the credit goes to the Dakshina foundation which has played an important role in theses students’ success. It signed a MoU with Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti under which specialised teachers helped students prepare for the JEE Mains and Advanced.

For most students, JNV is like a home away from home where senior students not only guide their juniors in academics but also look after them like their family. Stanzin Angmo of Class 11 says, “We feel so proud of our seniors who cracked the exam. They have always been there to guide us.”

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