Muhammad Shamim Hussain/Kolkata

Al-Ameen Mission of Kolkata has continued to coach students from marginalized and weaker communities to clear the All India Medical Entrance Test, NEET. M Noorul Islam, head of the Institution says that this year more than 500 students from his institute will be eligible for admission into India’s medical colleges to study medicine.

M Noorul Islam said that about 36 years ago, Al-Ameen Mission was set up with the target of empowering the poor students through coaching to clear the entrance test for medical colleges “I have had the biggest success this year, as the number of Al Ameen Mission students who have secured 600 and above points in the NEET is around 200.

Last year, 510 students from Al Ameen coaching academy cleared the NEET and got admission into various medical colleges. Islam says this year the number is likely to be higher as his team is figuring out the final list.

He says most of the students belong to rural areas and they come from remote villages across the state of West Bengal.

The family of Al-Ameen Mission is extremely happy with this year’s results of the NEET. "I congratulate the teachers, teaching staff, or people associated with Al-Ameen's mission who looked after him," M Noorul Islam says.

He also said that Al-Ameen Mission has about 72 campuses where students from 5th to seventh grade do their schooling. Besides, the Institute also imparts coaching to students for clearing the NEET.

Al-Ameen’s topper this year is Kishankur Bhumika a non-resident student. He scored 686 out of 720 points in the NEET and secured 427 rank at the All India level.

Among the resident students of the mission, Irfan Habib, son of farmer Abdul Subhan of Devcharai village of Tafanganj in Cooch Behar, has scored the highest marks. He scored 685 marks and is placed at 594 rank in the all-India list. Apart from this, many students of Al Amneen Mission have scored more than 650 marks in NEET.

Among the girls, Akhtari Parveen has achieved excellent results among the students of Al-Ameen Mission. She has been studying in Al Ameen Mission from her Class VII in its Khalatpur campus.

Akhtari said that she got 96 percent marks in secondary and 98 percent in higher secondary. “Last year she scored 480 marks in the NEET.  “I could not prepare at home due to the lockdown, but this year I got 653 marks with the help of Al Ameen Mission and my all-India rank is 3915.

“Sonali madam (daughter of Noorul Islam) has given all kinds of support to the girls on this campus. The secretary used to come and encourage us to become doctors. 

“Most of the students who have qualified NEET from Al Ameen Mission belong to very poor backgrounds and weaker sections of society. We nurture their talent, develop their intellect and provide them a good environment so that they could come out with their best” Nurul Islam told the media in an interview.

The Al Ameen utilizes Zakat and Sadaqah funds to empower the youth and play their role in nation-building.