Students of Abhyudaya coaching crack UPSC exam

Lucknow: Three students who enrolled for the UP government’s Abhyuday coaching cracked the civil services 2020 exam. While Srijan Varma secured an All India Rank (AIR) 39, Aakash Singh got AIR 128. Another student, Kishlay Kushwaha secured AIR 526. The UP government launched the Abhyudaya coaching in February to provide students free training from government officials.

In addition, several students — Devraj Arya, Mohammad Tarique, Rashi Sharma, Shrey Malik, Satendra Gangwar, Prince Singh, Anuradha Yadav and Ali Khan came out with flying colours in the JEE Main exam.

Abhyudaya aims to ensure larger participation of students in various competitive examinations. These classes were conducted online during the multiple lockdowns in the state.

More than 5,000 students through offline medium and over 10,000 students through online medium are being prepared for NEET, CDS, JEE, NDA and civil services examinations. Over 1 lakh students are getting the benefits of the scheme through study material available on YouTube.

The government will also provide tablets to some students selected under the scheme so that they can use digital resources to prepare for the examinations. The process of bidding on the GEM portal for the distribution of 9,640 tablets is in the final stage.

Commissioner, Lucknow and nodal officer of Abhyudaya scheme, Ranjan Kumar said the examination for admission to the next batch of JEE Advanced will be conducted on October 3. Enrolment in the coaching for preparation of UPSC preliminary will be held on October 10.

The Abhyudaya coaching centers were set up at divisional level in the first phase and will be followed up at district level in the next phase.