AAP government offers free JEE, NEET coaching to need-based students

The coaching was extended only to reserved category candidates earlier but now has been extended to all needy students. Know more here…Earlier, the 'Jai Bhim Mukhyamantri Pratibha Vikas Yojana', that provides free coaching for competitive examinations covered only reserved category candidates but the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government has decided to extend the free coaching scheme to all needy students from the general category and other backward classes too. The Delhi government bears all expenses, up to Rs 50,000 per student for exams including UPSC, SSC, Bank and railway recruitment etc.

A total of 35 underprivileged students, who took free coaching under the scheme, have cracked the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE Main) and medial entrance, National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) this year. Five of them secured admissions to leading technical and medical institutions such as Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, Lady Hardinge College, IIT-Delhi, Banaras Hindu University and National Institute of Technology Delhi.

Speaking on the development, the Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam said, “The government was considering extending the scheme to needy students belonging to OBC and general category and so implemented it.”

At present, students are availing free coaching for four months. The Delhi government bears all expenses, up to Rs 50,000 per student. “We are considering increasing this amount to Rs 1.5 lakh and the duration of the course to 12 months,” the minister added.

Under the scheme, launched by the AAP last year, as many as 4,953 students enrolled for availing coaching for various competitive exams, including those conducted by the SSC, banks, UPSC, Railway Recruitment Board, Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB) and insurance companies.

List of Coaching Institutes empanelled under the Scheme