Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat is offering free training to some students from economically weaker sections of society to appear for NEET, JEE, CET and other competitive examinations.
The students are from government and government-aided pre-university colleges. The training is being given as part of the panchayat’s ‘Pragati’ programme. To start with, a batch of 37 students from five government and four aided colleges are undergoing training at the Centre For Advanced Learning (CFAL) in Bejai, Mangaluru.
Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Kumara said most students in government and aided colleges hail from poor families. Though meritorious, such students cannot afford the cost of training offered by private institutes. The panchayat has tied up with the CFAL to impart free training for two years.
