Minister for Education, Naeem Akhtar Saturday launched Chief Minister's Super-50 Free Winter Tutorial initiative for students as well as medical and engineering aspirants of Jammu and Kashmir.The initiative is a comprehensive free tuition program for 10th and 12th class students of Jammu and Kashmir who will be tutored by top faculty drawn from the State Government’s Education Department."The free winter tutorials will be run by the best brains of J&K who will get incentives based on their performance. The students will have to pay nominal heating charges but they will get free study material, DPP sheets and assignments," Mr Akhtar said while launching the initiative at the Directorate of School Education, Kashmir here.Under the initiative, the Education Department will also provide free coaching for state-level medical and engineering entrance examinations and national-level competitive examinations like JKCET, AIIMS, AMU and IIT mains. However, the aspirants will have to qualify a screening test first.
"Guest lectures will be arranged by faculty from higher education department, medicos, professionals and IITians with regular counseling sessions and test series to check the progress of the students," Shah Faesal, Director, School Education, Kashmir said.The coaching can be availed by pass-outs of ninth, eleventh and twelfth class students. The application forms are available on the website of Directorate of School Education Kashmir (www.dsek.nic.in), Chief Education Offices and all Higher Secondary Schools of the state fromDecember 8-15. Students who want to avail the benefit of the scheme should submit filled in forms at their respective higher secondary schools or mail them to [email protected] day December 15.