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Patna,(BiharTimes): When IIT-ian Chandrakant Singh delivered his speech in the last Bihar Times Conclave (Dec 17-18, 2011) to explain the unique concept of his ‘teacherless’ institute in rural north Bihar, Chaitnya Gurukul Trust Public School, many present on the occasion took it with a pinch of salt. |
But when six students from his school situated in his native Chamanpura village in Gopalganj district of Bihar cleared the prestigious International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) examination recently those questioning his claim were made to accept the story of remarkable enterprise and innovation.
He had said on that occasion that his school does not even have electricity yet he imparts education using latest technology––that is computer. Generators are used to run the computers and laptops.
One of the six successful students of the school, Utasav Srivastava, secured 446th rank in the IMO. The six students will now appear for IMO’s level 2 examination.
The founder of the School and its learning and development head is Bangalore-based Chandrakant Singh. He said the success of the six students at the IMO is overwhelming because it is an difficult task to draw students to a village school and keep them focused.
According to him the biggest revelation was the success of Class III student Sunny Kumar whose father Yogendra Kumar does petty jobs in Aurangabad district of Bihar.
The other five are Utasav Srivastava (Class VII), Swetank (Class IV), Atul Kumar (Class V), Aftab Alam (Class VI), Raj Aarayan (Class VIII).
He said Sunny was recommended for admission in the school by Bihar Foundation Bangalore Chapter member Ashutosh Kumar, whose team bears his education expenses. A student had also cleared science Olympiad test last December. Teachers take help of TFT monitors in place of blackboards.
Chandrakant is himself teaches Mathematics through skype from Bangalore. Pankaj Kumar, from BIT, Sindri, teaches Physics from his home in Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh, where he works with NTPC, and Sanjay Rai, from BITS, Pilani, teaches Chemistry from Korwa in UP, where he works with HAL.
The School came up in April 2010 and has 461 students, 180 of whom stay at its hostel. Most students are from 50 villages across Saran, Siwan and Gopalganj districts, and many of them come from as far as 15 km away. The basic tuition fee is Rs 300 for Class-I and increases by Rs 100 for every class upward. Hostel residents are charged Rs 4,000 a month, but concessions are given depending on family income, which the trustees ascertain themselves by travelling to villages and meeting families, he added.
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