169 students from Siddipet segment get seats in IIIT-Basara

While 62 students from Chinnakodur mandal got seats, 61 from Nanganur mandal also got the opportunity to study in the prestigious institute.

Siddipet: In a record of sorts, the 10th-class students of Siddipet district have bagged the highest number of IIIT-Basara seats in the State.

Students from the district bagged 330 (23.50 per cent) seats out of 1,404 seats available. Students from Nizamabad district, which came a distant second in the state, have bagged 157 seats. Nizamabad students got 173 selections less than Siddipet district. Interestingly, the students of the Siddipet assembly segment, represented by former minister T Harish Rao bagged 169 seats. this number is more than any district in the State other than Siddipet district itself.

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Since Harish Rao had focused on the outcome of 10th class results from the very beginning of the academic year by conducting regular meetings apart from arranging evening snacks for 10th class students, the district has been scoring overwhelming results in the 10th class during the past six years. The district stayed at the top in the 10th class for six years in a row. The students of Chinnakodur and Nanganur mandals got 62 and 61 selections respectively. Only seven districts have got better results than Chinnakodur in the State.

The BC Welfare and Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar congratulated the students and their parents for their success. Harish Rao said that he would continue to support the students in whatever way possible. Rao called upon the students to set the best goal at the early stages of their careers. The students and parents thanked Harish Rao for his support and motivation. The parents said that they would remain indebted to Rao.