‘Super 30’ now wows S Korea

PATNA — After impress- ing the Japanese, Bihar's 'Super 30', a free coaching centre which helps children from under-privileged backgrounds gain entry to the prestigious IITs, has now impressed South Koreans, its founder Anand Kumar says.

"Super 30, which provides free food, stay and coaching for nearly a year to selected students from poor backgrounds to crack IITJEE has now become popular in South Korea. Korean youth are getting increasingly interested in Super 30's innovative and inspiring story," Anand said.

Anand said Super 30 is quite popular in South Korea after several newspapers, magazines and television channels covered his inspiring life story and the impact of his Super 30.

Thanks to Super 30, students from under-privileged families have cracked the highly competitive IIT-JEE, drawing worldwide attention. This year, the sons of a daily wage labourer, a security guard, a grocer, a marginal farmer and a truck mechanic were among the 27 students from Super 30 who cracked IIT-JEE.