CBSE’s UDAAN helps 135 female engineering aspirants crack JEE Mains

UDAAN, CBSE's initiative for female engineering aspirants has helped 135 girl students to crack JEE Mains exam for admissions to engineering colleges this year. 

Applications are now open for UDAAN, a mentorship project launched by the Central Board of Secondary Education(CBSE) to tackle the issue of low enrolment of girls in technical colleges of India. Fostered under the guidance of the HRD Ministry, the scheme aims to enable and empower girl students to fulfill their aspiration of pursuing technical education along with minimising the gap between school education & engineering entrance exam. Besides this, the project will also enrich and enhance teaching and learning of Science and Mathematics subjects at the SSC (Senior Secondary Class) level.

As part of the program, applicants will be offered free offline or online resources via virtual classes on weekends. They would also be provided study materials in Class XI and XII to prepare for entrance exams for premier engineering colleges in the country.

Salient features of UDAAN:

• Free support to girl students of Classes XI and XII
• Provision of prep material through an online portal.
• Free availability of tutorials, videos lectures and study material
• Virtual contact classes at 60 designated city centres
• Assessments designed to provide useful feedback on learning
• Remedial steps to correct learning
• Peer learning and mentoring opportunities for meritorious students
• Motivation sessions with students/parents
• Student helpline services to clarify doubts, monitor student learning and support technology
• Constant monitoring and tracking of student progress with feedback to parents
• Intensive face to face program for ‘focused group students’ to further enrich their preparedness for JEE Mains & JEE Advanced

Who can apply?

The mentorship program is for girl students from KVs/JNVs/Government schools of any recognized Board in India/CBSE affiliated Private Schools.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Aspirants should be a resident of India
• Aspirants should have enrolled in Class XI in Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics stream
• They must have acquired atleast 70% marks in Class X overall and 80% marks in Science and Mathematics; for Boards which follow CGPA, a minimum CGPA of 8 and a GPA of 9 in Science and Mathematics.
• The aspirant's annual family income should be less than Rs. 6 lakhs per annum.
• Reservation as per JEE (Advanced):

1. OBC (NCL) - 27 % , SC – 15 % , ST – 7.5 %
2. PWD – 3 % of seats in every category

• The girl student should have been studying in class XI of KVs/ NVs/Government schools of any recognized Board in India/ CBSE affiliated Private Schools.

Selection process

Girl aspirants will be selected for the scheme on the basis of merit. They would be considered according to the their choice of city for the weekly virtual contact classes.

Methodology:

• Aspirants who are selected will be given access to an online portal which will offer virtual classes on three subject streams - Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics of Class XI and XII. The content that would be offered will be in the form of videos, tutorials and text.
• The conceptual classes will be organised on the basis of learning taking place in the classroom which will be based on the syllabus of Class XI and XII.
• A student's progress will be tracked on their learning pace in the periodic classes and assessments built into the learning process
• Aspirants will have an interactive group to interact with their peers and teachers.
• They would also have a helpline to clarify their doubts and concerns.

Financial Assistance:

Aspirants will get financial assistance the form of tuition and admission fee. To be eligible for this, they would have to satisfy certain criterias:

• Student should have secured a minimum of 75% attendance in UDAAN weekly assessments for the classes XI and XII each.
• They are able to get admission in IIT/NIT/ centrally funded engineering Institutes.
• They are not taking scholarship and/or financial assistance from any other source. A certificate is required to be submitted w.r.t. non-availing any other scholarship/grant/financial assistance from any other organization or institute duly verified by the head of the institution where she will be taking admission to pursue technical education.
• They should ensure satisfactory performance/ promotion in each term.

Application Process:

• Visit - www.cbse.nic.in/www.cbseacademic.in
• Go thoroughly through the ‘UDAAN Brochure’
• Fill in the online application form and hit the 'press' button.
• Take a printout of the following:

1. Filled Application form
2. Undertaking to be signed by the parent
3. Verification certificate to be signed by the school Principal
4. Applicant’s confirmation certificate

• Now, the printed application form needs to be duly verified from the aspirant's school Principal along with following documents:

1. Undertaking that applicant is a regular student of the mentioned school
2. Annual income certificate
3. Reservation certificate (if applicable)
4. Class X mark sheet / grade sheet fulfilling the eligibility criteria.
5. Undertaking filled and signed by the parent/guardian of the applicant

• The verified application form along with required documents and verification certificate of the school Principal and confirmation by applicant needs to be taken to the city coordinator of the chosen centre.
• Aspirants need to submit all their documents to the city coordinator and collect filled acknowledgement receipt of their application and keep it with yourself for future references.
• Note: All aspirants need to compulsorily get a consent from their parents. A declaration in this regard by the parents will be required along with the registration form.

For all further queries, call 011-23214737 or write to udaan.cbse2017@gmail.com or check the detailed brochure of UDAAN.