Small-town Students and IIT-JEE

IIT coaching classes have always been criticized for being costly and mainly for being city-centric. Apart from the small town of Rajasthan which has acquired a character of being an IIT factory, most of the famous IIT coaching institutes are located in big cities of India and the list of IIT rank holders possesses more ‘CITIzens ’ than the towners .

So, the questions arise, can small town students crack IIT with the same flying colors as the city students do? Do they have to move to big cities to realize their dream? Can’t their own towns fulfill their study requirements?

The answer is – when it comes to cracking IIT-JEE, the factors like small or big towns don’t really matter. What matters is only the dedication and talent of the students- irrespective of his/her background. Super 30, as everyone knows, is a big example.

For last many years, small towns of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand have started making their presence felt in the IITs and premier medical colleges of the country, thanks to the coaching institutes in small cities which assure to give quality training to students not only to face the tough exams like JEE and medical entrance tests but also for 12^th board exams.

Director of one of the best coaching classes in Gwalior for IIT-JEE Mr. Vipin said, “Small cities like Gwalior, Rewa have immense talent but this talent is not channelized properly. Many students had to turn their ways to cities like Indore, Bhopal or Kota for IIT preparation. But now even small cities have coaching classless as good and as promising as big cities”.    

There are many IIT coaching classes like Catalyser which have started their branches in cities like Nagpur, Nashik, Gwalior, Surat, Vadodara which are apparently less hyped cities when it comes to JEE selections and their students are making it to the much-sought-after list of IIT All India Rank holders. 

A very small village in Gaya district of south Bihar named Bunkaron village has many success stories of cracking IIT-JEE every year. Interestingly, cracking the IIT appears to be a tradition for the Bunkaron village just because of a league of focused students of the village who gather in a quiet place in a sort of study circle, everyone studies together; everyone helps each other to reach the same destination. The village kids who have passed IIT previously help the students, provide them guidance, their notes and even study material. This is indeed an exemplary tradition.

There are numerous examples where students overcame their complexes, fears and obstacles, and worked hard to achieve their goal. Be it from a town, or a huge city with a lot of hurdles; if you are clear about your goal and your actions also speak in the same direction, then even your name could be included in the elite list of people who cleared IITJEE.