Fourteen students of Centre for Advanced Learning (CFAL) at Kuntikan here have excelled JEE-advanced this year.

JEE-main and JEE-advanced are the two stages involved with the selection process of Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT). Out of 13.03 lac students who appeared for JEE-main this year, 1.5 lac made it to JEE-advanced 2015, which was held on May 24. Among them, 26,456 students have qualified.he 14 students are Leon Fernandes, Pradeep Pai, Vilas M, Ritwik Vidyarthi, Siddarth V, Adarsh Somayaji, Aneesh Aithal, Sriganesh, Ashika Nayak, K V Siddarth, Risabh Shetty, Kapil Bharath, Anupama and Benitto Pavithran. They belong to different educational institutions in the city.Performance in this examination forms the basis for admission into bachelors, integrated masters, and dual degree programmes (entry at 10 2 level) in the 16 IITs and Indian School of Mines (ISM).Since its inception in 2009, Centre for Advanced Learning (CFAL) at Kuntikan in the city has been coming across tremendous success, with 62 of its students having been selected for IIT entrance exams from 2011 to 2015, the highest student selection from Mangaluru. Sumith, who bagged All India Rank 38 (Karnataka Rank 1) in 2014 has been most notable of the achievements.CFAL training comprises over 1,400 hours of classroom training, unique course material, periodic tests and mock exams spread over two years. Principal, Severine Rosario, said that constant monitoring and mentoring by experienced and dedicated teachers, uncompromising academic quality, and individual attention students get, have contributed to this phenomenal success.