Hyderabad, Sept. 17 -- Seventeen students of Telangana Minority Residential Education Institution (TMREIS) have cleared the IIT entrance exam JEE Mains with a good percentile.

The secretary TMREIS Shafiullah said that the professional development program was launched in 12 junior colleges of TMREIS for minority students to clear the JEE Mains exam.

Special coaching centers were set up in TMREIS Barkas College for boys and another for girls in Ibrahimpatnam where the students were given coaching facilities.

Due to these extensive coaching facilities, 17 students cleared the exam among them Mohammed Junaid obtained 93.5%, Abdul Mueed 86.5% and G. Thirumal got 84.5%.

All these successful students belonged to extremely poor families who w...