26 school students bag IIT seats under Haryana govt’s ‘Super-100’ programme

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will felicitate these students at a function scheduled to be held in Panchkula on October 22. 

As many as 26 students trained under Haryana’s flagship ‘Super-100’ programme have secured IIT seats this year by clearing JEE Advanced JEE Advanced exam, an official spokesperson said. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will felicitate these students at a function scheduled to be held in Panchkula on October 22. 

The students who pass Class 10 with more than 80 per cent marks from government schools are selected for this programme through a special screening process. The cost of lodging, food, stationery, transport, mock tests, etc, is being borne by the state government. 

The programme started in 2018 under which admission is given to the meritorious students of the state government schools after which they are prepared for the competitive examinations such as JEE and NEET to get admission to higher educational institutions of the country. 

The spokesperson said in the 2019-21 session, training has been completed by 119 students in Rewari and Panchkula centres for the non-medical stream. During the JEE (Main) examination, 54 students qualified for the advanced test, out of which 26 students of the state have confirmed their seats in IITs. 

In this programme, 10 students from SC category have secured their place in IIT and Sushil Kumar from Ambala has an All India Rank of 192 in the SC category. In OBC category, eight students have qualified. At the same time, eight students of general category have also secured the seats. 

In view of the success of the programme, Khattar had directed to increase the number of centres of Super-100 programme to four last year so that maximum students of the state could draw the benefit. 

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