Super 30

Twenty-eight of the 30 students of Super 30, an innovative coaching institute in Bihar have passed the highly competitive Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE)2007.Last year also 28 students of Super 30 had made it to the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) colleges. Every year, Super 30 selects a group of 30 IIT aspirants from poor families and provides them with free coaching, food and accommodation.Bihar's Additional Director-General of Police Abhyanand, who teaches physics at the institute said, 'The success of Super 30 lies in hard labour and proper guidance for excellent result.' Anand, who also runs the Ramanujan School of Mathematics, said Super 30 is supported by the income generated from the mathematics school, which has students from affluent families who can afford to pay to fulfil their dreams.Super 30 took shape five years ago and its success can serve as a model for other such institutes across India. 18 of its students cracked the IIT-JEE in 2003 the year Super 30 was set up. The number rose to 22 in 2004 and 26 in 2005 and has been steadily increasing over the years. Early this year, Norika Fujiwara, a former Japanese beauty queen and actress, made a documentary film on Super 30 for its innovative and successful attempt to send poor children to India's top engineering colleges.