This is the second consecutive year when 'Prayas' boarding school yielded promising results.
"Out of 138 students, 106 students of mathematics section from Prayas had participated in AIEEE, in which 85 successfully cleared it," an official said on Friday in a statement. Last year, 222 students had participated in the AIEEE exam, out of which 151 students were selected, the statement said.
The Chhattisgarh government had launched 'Prayas' in July 2010, under which meritorious students from Maoist-affected districts and other tribal areas were given boarding facilities in a residential school in the Gudhiyari area of the state capital and given coaching along with regular studies at the higher secondary level.
The multi-phase scheme is aimed at providing education to students from Maoist-affected districts and other tribal or backward areas.
As many as 85 students from Maoist-affected areas of Chhattisgarh got selected in the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) through 'Prayas', a special coaching initiative of the state's tribal welfare department.
This is the second consecutive year when 'Prayas' boarding school yielded promising results.
"Out of 138 students, 106 students of mathematics section from Prayas had participated in AIEEE, in which 85 successfully cleared it," an official said on Friday in a statement. Last year, 222 students had participated in the AIEEE exam, out of which 151 students were selected, the statement said.
The Chhattisgarh government had launched 'Prayas' in July 2010, under which meritorious students from Maoist-affected districts and other tribal areas were given boarding facilities in a residential school in the Gudhiyari area of the state capital and given coaching along with regular studies at the higher secondary level.
The multi-phase scheme is aimed at providing education to students from Maoist-affected districts and other tribal or backward areas.
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