IIT results: It’s all pvt schools in Jharkand

But his is not an isolated case. Like him are Kaushal Dudani from Dhanbad, Dhiraj Singh from Jamshedpur and Mudit Agrawal from Ranchi who stood 73rd, 74th and 105th respectively.

Normally, it is the big cities like New Delhi, Chennai and Mumbai which throw up the maximum number of students who make it to the IITs. But the number of students coming out with flying colours in this prestigious examination from Bokaro is noteworthy too.

And the students of DPS Bokaro have created a record of sorts. Out of the 175 students of this school, who appeared for the examinations, 54 have made it. If Principal Hemlata Mohan is to be believed, none of them had attended any coaching classes.

“Apart from the routine classes, we coached them well and with coordinated efforts of parents and teachers we ensured that the students worked in a stress-free environment. The results are there for all to see,” Mohan says.

But unlike the students of DPS Bokaro, Kumar went to Kota in Rajasthan to attend special coaching classes.

“This helped me do well,” he says. Even Kaushal, Dheeraj and Mudit took special coaching.

Despite Jharkhand’s plans to spend over Rs 125 crore, as per the state plan outlay 2007-08, on the upkeep of schools, not a single student who has made it to the IITs this year had ever studied in a government school. “This proves that the quality of education imparted there is very poor,” says Satish Jha, ex-Principal of Zila School, Ranchi.