Free NEET and JEE Coaching for Jammu & Kashmir Tribal students launched by TAD, Read More

New Delhi: The Jammu and Kashmir Tribal Affairs Department (TAD) has launched an initiative to provide coaching for meritorious tribal students preparing for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) entrance exams.

As per the officials, the Jammu and Kashmir Tribal Affairs Department will provide NEET and JEE coaching for the tribal students with calibre. The course fee will be sponsored by the department and the candidates qualifying for the NEET and JEE after coaching will also be provided with a scholarship, they said.

Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, Secretary of the Tribal Affairs Department, has said, 100 tribal students are being selected for NEET coaching in government-empanelled coaching institutes, under two different sub-schemes.

The two sub-schemes are ‘Host-50’ for hostellers and ‘Top-50’ for other tribal meritorious students in the first year under the scheme which is being implemented through the education wing of the Tribal Research Institute.

He said that the coaching fee for NEET and JEE at selected institutions would be sponsored by the department after verification of attendance and evaluation. The candidates selected for courses like MBBS, BVSc and AH, BDS, BAMS, BE, BTech and other professional courses shall be provided with an annual scholarship of 70,000-75,000 INR totalling around 4 lakh INR.

Lt Governor Manoj Sinha had recently said the Jammu and Kashmir administration gives top priority to the education of tribal students and is launching many schemes aimed at providing and supporting their quality education.

In line with schemes such as the Technology-Enabled Education Scheme, enhancement of diet charges and tuition rates in hostels, the tribal affairs department has launched NEET/JEE coaching scheme with immediate effect, the secretary said.

Jammu Kashmir Announces Free NEET, JEE Coaching For Tribal Students: Highlights

Particulars	Events
Name of the Government	Jammu and Kashmir
Name of the Department	Tribal Affairs Department
Name of Coaching	NEET and JEE
Coaching For	Tribal Students
Fields of the Students	MBBS, BVSc and AH, BDS, BAMS, BE, BTech and other professional courses
Scholarship Amount	70,000-75,000 INR
Official Website	Click Here

Abdul Khabir, Deputy Director (Administration), Tribal Research Institute, said that under the ‘Top-50’ sub-scheme applications have been invited from meritorious tribal students and 50 students with the highest marks, above 80 per cent in the Class 12 board exam, will be selected for coaching.

Under the ‘Host-50’ sub-scheme, students enrolled in hostels will be selected through a screening test The department has notified a 50% quota for girl students under the hostel category while 25% seats are reserved for girl students in the ‘Top-50’ scheme for NEET, he said, adding there is no income bar for the coaching scheme.

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