The teacher who has become an icon

Anand Kumar's Super 30, a coaching institute in Patna which prepares 30 poor kids for the Indian Institute of Technology entrance exam free of cost, has achieved iconic stature because of its success rate.
       Like many Indians, Kumar had had his own youthful dreams of escaping from poverty by doing well in his studies. He had finished a BA Honours in M...aths and was accepted for a post graduate degree by Cambridge University in the United Kingdom.
     The thought behind setting up Super 30 came to Kumar in 2001 when a poor student told him he could not afford the Rs 1,500 annual fee.
Anand Kumar then started the Super 30 institute to coach the poorest students and prepare them for the IIT-JEE. His only criteria was that they had to be bright and talented.
News about Super 30 spread through word of mouth primarily by the 300 students who were already taking coaching from Anand Kumar. For his Super 30 initiative, Kumar received more than 800 applications. The application fee was Rs 10.
      An entrance test was conducted and 100 students were short-listed. The economic background of these students was checked and the poorest among them were selected.
The students of Super 30 receive coaching for a whole year. They get free food cooked in Anand Kumar's home and are housed in rooms spread over the city.
     The students are taught four days a week from 4 pm to 8.30 pm. The rest of the time, they study or hold group discussions amongst themselves. Tests are conducted everyday.

    The other two teachers at the institute are Praveen Kumar and Amit Kumar. Super 30's first batch appeared for the IIT-JEE entrance test in 2003. 18 of the 30 cleared the exam. In 2004, 22 were successful; in 2005, 26; in 2006, 28; in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 -- all 30 and in 2012 27 out of the 30 students made it.

     Just then fate struck and his father Rajendra Prasad, a clerk in the postal department, passed away.
This is the best way to uplift the neglected people of society. Its better to teach how to fish than giving fishes to poor people. There is limit how many time you can give roti to them. But if they learn skills to earn money for roti it will be long lasting help for them. This will only make the healthy society. So dont give direct help but teach them skills which generate roti for them. I think Megha patekar, Mamta, Sonia, Arundhati roy (award winner) need to learn this matter for this teacher.
     Its really briliant work,which cab't be expressed in language.The real joy can be enjoyed by 2 persons.One is Teacher(as his student got through) and second one the student(who done it).God bless u Mr.Anand for making us and our country proud.