Delhi Education Minister visits government school to congratulate teachers on 27 students clearing NEET, JEE

The quality of government schools in Delhi has become very high. We have to learn from these successes to make Delhi's education revolution so effective that it will not only inspire our country but the whole world, Manish Sisodia said.

Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia visited the Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidhyalaya in Paschim Vihar in west Delhi to congratulate the teachers and principal, for 27 students from their school who cleared the JEE and NEET 2020. While five students from the school have got admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology this year after securing a high rank in the Joint Entrance Examination-Advanced, 22 students have cleared the medical entrance exam National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET).

"The best practices from this school should be adopted by other schools so that we can repeat and multiply this success. Every child of Delhi should get such exciting and valuable opportunities to enhance their talent and make the country proud. By learning from your best practices and approaches, we want to create more opportunities for children in all schools for a brighter future," Sisodia said.

He said that the 98 per cent result in the board class 12 results, and the scale of success in JEE and NEET shows that our dream is coming true.

"It also shows that the quality of government schools in Delhi has become very high. We have to learn from these successes to make Delhi's education revolution so effective that it will not only inspire our country but the whole world," he added.

According to government officials, during the interaction with the deputy chief minister, the schoolteachers said that it was their conscious effort to change the perception among children that to succeed in JEE and NEET, one needs to enrol in expensive coaching.

Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced is conducted for admission to 23 IITs across the country whereas JEE Main is conducted for admission to NITs, IIITs, GFTIs and other engineering colleges in the country.

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