Gujarat: ‘Super 100’ group targets 100% in maths, science

VADODARA: This lot of ‘super 100’ students are eyeing to hit a century in mathematics and science in standard 10 board exams. And they are bracing to the new normal of online studies as well as telephonic counselling that are going to be a key in their preparation.
The group is being handpicked by a government school teacher who has been preparing online lessons and has a website of his own since quite some time now.The lockdown has only made him more aggressive in his work and he has already covered most of the syllabus of mathematics for standard 10.
And much like the Bollywood flick based on real life, the students come from remote villages and some are from extremely humble backgrounds. They came to know of the teacher through friends and attended his classes online. The teacher too spotted them and is now zeroing down on the best amongst the lot who can take the challenge.
The teacher, Baldev Pari, works at the Barwala Secondary School in the Bhesan taluka of Junagadh district, but has a much larger student base online. He decided to select students and give personal attention to them realizing that these students with limited resources and challenging backgrounds were very sharp and only needed grooming.
“I had asked the students to take a challenge of bringing over 90% marks in mathematics and science. Forty kids have already accepted the challenge and our target is having 100 students will give cent percent marks a shot,” Pari said.
The students will be selected after an online test using a latest software. Pari initially identified 200 students from his online classes by asking them problems that were not out of the textbooks or guide books, but were based on the syllabus.
Mayur Boliya said that his friend had asked him to search for Pari on the net and follow him. Boliya’s father drives an autorickshaw for earning a living while his mother works in homes. Boliya obtained 97.25 percentile in ninth standard without any tuition classes.
“I will not be going to tuition classes even in standard 10. I will be learning online with Pari sir. I am sure I will get over 90% marks,” said Boliya, a resident of Shiyal in Bavla taluka of Ahmedabad district.