Delhi Expands Free Coaching Scheme for Aspiring Doctors and Engineers

The Arvind Kejriwal government has decided to increase 100 seats for girl students under the Mukhyamantri Pratibha Vidyarthi Coaching Yojana (Chief Minister's Super Talented Students Coaching Scheme). Education Minister Atishi announced this while interacting with the students getting free coaching for NEET and JEE in renowned institutes under the Chief Minister's Super Talented Students Coaching Scheme.

Interacting with the students, she learned about their experiences of coaching and encouraged them to fulfil their dream of becoming doctor or engineer.

Every year 300 children of class 9 and class 11 studying in government schools of Delhi are selected for free coaching of JEE and NEET in top coaching institutes.

Speaking on the occasion, Education Minister Atishi said that children studying in government schools should work hard to fulfill their dreams; the government will never let expensive coaching fee come in the way of their dreams. “Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's vision is that children of every family, whether rich or poor, should move forward and fulfill their dreams. So, we started this scheme,” she said.

To provide more opportunities to girls to make progress, the Education Minister announced that from the next session, 100 additional seats will be provided for girl students under the Chief Minister's Super Talented Students Coaching Scheme.

She said that the students enrolled under this scheme are role models for lakhs of children studying in Delhi government schools. “We have fulfilled our responsibility, now it is the turn of the students. They should fulfill their dreams and show the world that children studying in government schools are no less than anyone,” said Atishi.

Thanking Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for providing this facility, the students said now there is no tension of expensive coaching fees for medical and engineering entrance exams preparation, and we are able to focus fully on our studies. They said that the coaching fees worth lakhs of rupees was a hindrance in our dream of becoming doctors and engineers, but the Chief Minister's Super Talented Students Coaching Scheme has removed this obstacle.

Addressing the students, the Education Minister said that talent does not see wealth or poverty. “A talented child can be born in any family. But the lack of money should never come in the way of children's talent. That is why Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal started this scheme,” she said.

The Education Minister said that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has studied from IIT and he believes that if he was preparing for JEE in today's time, then perhaps his family would not have been able to pay the expensive coaching fees. “In today's era of competition, it is a bit difficult to qualify JEE and NEET without coaching support. So, this scheme was started to enable talented children to fulfill their dreams through free coaching,” said Atishi.

The Education Minister further said that our vision of starting this scheme is that every child of every family can move forward. Encouraging the children, she said, “Seeing the confidence of all of you, I am sure that all of you will definitely qualify the NEET, JEE exam."

Atishi said that those who work hard, move ahead. So, all the students should work hard to fulfill their dreams and not miss this opportunity, she added.

The Education Minister said, “All the children enrolled under this scheme are role models for lakhs of children studying in Delhi government schools. Therefore, you have to qualify the JEE, NEET not only for yourself or your family but also for those lakhs of children studying in Delhi government schools and give this message that even if you do not have money, you can fulfill your dreams based on your hard work.”

She further said that, as a government, we are fulfilling our responsibility, now we expect from the students that they fulfill their dreams and show the world that the children studying in government schools are no less than anyone.

The Education Minister said that children who come from poor families have a passion to prove themselves and achieve something. “This passion is most prevalent in girls. Therefore, from the coming year, we will increase 100 seats for girls under this scheme so that they can give wings to their dreams based on their passion,” she said.

Students told how the Chief Minister's Super Talented Students Coaching Scheme is helping them in fulfilling their dreams.

Sweety Jha, a student of class 11 in Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya Mandawali, shared that she wants to become an agricultural engineer. She started getting free coaching facility under this scheme in class 9 itself, which has helped her in fulfilling her dream.

Aarna Jaiswal, a student of ASOSE (Dr B.R. Ambedkar School of Specialised Excellence), Sector-11 Rohini, said, “Coaching has helped me to enhance my skills and perform well in academics. My confidence increased here, due to which I also went to Paris under the exchange program recently. I thank the Education Department and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal because of whom I got this opportunity.”

Another student shared, “I studied in a private school till class 10 and took admission in a government school in class 11. During that time, I also wanted to take admission in a coaching institute to prepare for the JEE exam, but its fee was Rs 3 lakh. As the fee was beyond my means, I could not take admission in coaching. But I want to thank CM Sir, because of whom this scheme has given me an opportunity to fulfill my dream of becoming an engineer.”

Another student said, “I want to become a doctor but due to the poor financial condition of my family, I was not able to join any coaching. This scheme has given me the opportunity to fulfill my dream.”

A class 11 student said, “Because of this scheme, I am able to prepare for JEE. In class 9, I tried to take admission in a coaching institute, but its fee was Rs 4 lakh. However, today I am getting free coaching because of this scheme. I am sure I will be able to fulfill my dream of going to IIT."

Pari Rathore, a student of Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya, Dhaka, said, “I got a lot of benefit from this scheme. My performance in academics was good. This scheme has also given an opportunity to move forward to those children who cannot afford expensive coaching fees. I want to thank CM Sir that through this scheme he has removed the tension of expensive coaching fees.”

Akash Yadav, B. Tech Student IIT Delhi

Akash completed his studies from the Delhi Government School located in Khajuri Khas. After getting coaching under the scheme and with his hard work, Akash has got admission in IIT Delhi this year.

What is Chief Minister Super Talented Coaching Scheme of Kejriwal Government

In this era of competition, expensive coaching fees should not become a hindrance for Delhi Government school students preparing for JEE, NEET. So, in 2022, Chief Minister Super Talented Coaching Scheme was launched.

Under this scheme, students studying in class 9 and class 11 take entrance exam to avail this scheme and every year 150 students each are selected for getting coaching for JEE and NEET. After this, the government provides free coaching for JEE and NEET for 4 years to the students of class 9 and for 2 years to the students of class 11 from Delhi government’s empanelled coaching institutes.