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For 17-year-old S. Dharmashree from Kolli Hills successful Namakkal district, being an technologist was a long-held dream. She had heard radical talking astir it but wasn’t definite astir the process oregon what it entailed. Until her Maths teacher astatine the Eklavya Model Residential School, Abinavam, told her astir the admittance process and the assorted engineering streams, and that she would person to wide the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE).
Now, successful the archetypal circular of counselling, she has secured a spot successful the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Tiruchi successful the Metallurgical and Material Engineering stream. “I americium truly happy. I americium the archetypal idiosyncratic successful my household to prosecute higher acquisition and anticipation to marque my parents, who are farmers, truly proud,” she said. Like Dharmashree, 5 others — Bharath S., Sivakanth A., Divakar A., Prasanth S. and Niranjana R. — from schools tally by the Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department person secured seats successful premier institutions. While 3 of them person secured admittance successful NIT-Tiruchi, the others person got seats successful Puducherry Technological University, NIT-Puducherry and NIT-Andhra Pradesh.
The department, implicit the past mates of years, has been making efforts to guarantee that each students prosecute higher education. From vocation guidance to dedicated survey camps, it has been ensuring much students participate higher education. Many of them person besides secured admittance successful the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) and edifice absorption and tourism colleges crossed the country.
Along with them, 18 students person secured admittance successful the Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering and Technology. T. Dhanam, main of the Eklavya Model Residential School, added that the teachers instrumentality each accidental disposable to speech astir careers to students. “From which radical to instrumentality up successful Class 11 to the exertion process, we usher them astatine each step,” she said. The teachers, with the assistance of the department, besides excavation wealth for their students’ applications.
Dharmashree attended 2 camps during her Class 12 twelvemonth to hole for JEE Mains and Advanced. “We would aftermath up astatine 5.30 a.m. and statesman classes with periodic breaks to freshen up. From 5 p.m. onwards, we took up signifier sessions connected questions based connected our lessons to prepare. We besides consulted our teachers to wide immoderate doubts that mightiness originate during this time,” Dharmashree said.
Prashanth, hailing from Jawadhu Hills and a pupil of the Government Tribal Residential School, Attiyanur, recalled his teachers’ enactment successful ensuring helium reached his exam centre and the residential camp. “My chemistry teacher ensured that I got to the campy and back. He’s been a immense pillar of support,” helium added.
As the students participate a caller signifier successful their life, they are present undergoing preparatory grooming for it. They are taking lessons successful spoken English, basal machine and PowerPoint skills, and counselling. “We are equipping the students with the skills to guarantee that they tin thrive successful their environment,” said an official.
