Patna * Boys and girls from socially disadvantaged sections in Bihar have cleared the Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination (IIT JEE) on merit.
Like last year, success came to the door of Patna-based Ramanujam School of Mathematics, where these youngsters worked hard day and night for nearly eight to 10 months.
The youths were part of `Super 30' -- a group of 30 students, mainly from poor and rural backgrounds who are given free coaching, food, accommodation and other facilities by young mathematician Anand Kumar and a senior police official, ADG (Headquarters) Abhyanand.
This year, 28 of the 30 students --with nearly half of them from the other backward classes (OBCs) and three from the Scheduled Castes (SCs) category - made it to IIT JEE.
Last year, 26 were selected, while 22 made it in 2004 and 18 cracked the test in 2003, when `Super 30' was born.
"They were selected in the general category, thanks to their hard work and proper guidance," Anand Kumar, who belongs to the OBC, said.
