104 Delhi govt school students qualified JEE Advanced 2023: CM Kejriwal

The result of JEE Advanced was released on Sunday morning and a total of 43,773 have qualified.

This year, 720 students of Delhi government schools cleared JEE Mains while 104 students qualified in JEE Advanced (Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey/ File)

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After sharing data on Delhi government schools students’ performance in the medical entrance test NEET last week, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday announced that 104 students qualified the engineering entrance test JEE Advanced 2023. According to data shared by him, 720 students of Delhi government schools cleared JEE Main.

“These figures are proof of the phenomenal success of Delhi’s education revolution. Children from government schools in Delhi have excelled in JEE Mains and Advanced exams. In the last three years, the number of children studying in government schools in Delhi has doubled,” Kejriwal said in a tweet.

ये आंकड़े दिल्ली की शिक्षा क्रांति की शानदार सफलता का सुबूत हैं। दिल्ली के सरकारी स्कूलों के बच्चों ने JEE Mains और Advanced परीक्षा में कमाल करके दिखाया है, पिछले तीन सालों में दिल्ली के सरकारी स्कूलों से पढ़कर इस परीक्षा में सफल होने वाले बच्चों की संख्या दोगुनी हो गई है।… pic.twitter.com/hQlHGritN7

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) June 20, 2023

“Delhi’s excellent education model has now given wings to the dreams of children studying in government schools. Now the child of a poor family is also becoming a big engineer after studying at IIT. Many congratulations to all children, parents and team education of Delhi for this success,” he added.

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The result of JEE Advanced was released on Sunday morning and a total of 43,773 have qualified. This year, there are a total of 17485 seats in 23 Indian Institute of Technology (IITs), including 1692 supernumerary seats for female candidates available.