Delhi Chief Minister lauds Delhi Government school students for qualifying NEET, JEE 2020

He said the money will not be a problem for the successful students in getting higher education as the Delhi government has arranged for scholarships and loans of up to Rs 10 lakh for them.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has appreciated the performance of Delhi Government school students who have cleared NEET 2020 and JEE Main Exams 2020. This year a total of 569 students of Delhi government schools have qualified in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) and 443 students have cleared the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), with 53 of them being eligible for a direct admission to IITs, revealed the Chief Minister. On October 16, NTA declared the NEET Results 2020. 

He said the money will not be a problem for the successful students in getting higher education as the Delhi government has arranged for scholarships and loans of up to Rs 10 lakh for them.

Of the 569 students who have qualified in the NEET examination, 379 are girls. Kejriwal further said that there are 37 students who have secured ranks in the top 10,000 (category ranks) in the NEET. Twenty-nine students from a Delhi government school in Moladband, 24 from a Yamuna Vihar school, and 23 from a Noor Nagar school have qualified in the NEET. Along with this, 48 Delhi government school students have scored over 520 marks out of 720 in the NEET, with Tamanna Goel bagging the 11th rank.

In the JEE Main Result 2020, 2 students of RPVV, Paschim Vihar have qualified for the IITs. Ayush Bansal, whose father works at a bookshop, has bagged the 189th rank in the JEE, the chief minister told  PTI. IIT Bombay has offered an aerospace engineering course to Nikhil, who got the 678th rank. Nikhil’s father repairs the cycle. Garvit Batra bagged the 1,228th rank and his father is an airconditioner mechanic, Kejriwal said.

A total number of 6.35 lakh candidates appeared in JEE Main 2020 September exam as per the official data. 

"I am apprising you about these students and their background because talent is not determined by money. If given an equal opportunity and the right to quality education, children from lower-middle-class families have the ability to achieve greater heights," Delhi CM told PTI. He also said that the performance of Delhi government school students is a testament that how these government schools are undergoing a revolutionary change and students from poor families studying in these schools are paving the way to success for themselves.

Manish Sisodia, Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi has also congratulated the Delhi government school students who have cleared the entrance exams. Earlier also the Deputy Chief Minister has appreciated school students of the Delhi government for their CBSE results. This year the pass percentage of Delhi government school students has gone up from 98 pc to 99 pc in CBSE class 12 results after the compartment examination. 

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