Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 16: The students of Allen Career Institute (ACI) Pvt Ltd have once again brought laurels to the country.
Four classroom students of the institute have won a Gold Medal each in the 21st International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO).
The Indian contingent has won 6 gold medals, out of which 4 students are from Allen.
57 countries participated in IJSO this year and with six gold medals, India has also been declared the country winner i.e. World Topper.
Allen’s 4 classroom students have won gold medals in the 21st IJSO held in Romania from 2 to 11 December. These include Harshit Singla, Jinansh Jignesh Shah, Manas Goyal and Praneet Mathur.
Since 2015 till now, Allen students have won 38 gold and 5 silver medals in the International Junior Science Olympiad.
IJSO has won two gold and one silver medal in 2014-15, four gold and two silver medals in 2015-16, four gold and two silver medals in 2016-17, four gold and one silver medal in 2017-18, six gold medals in 2018-19, four gold medals in 2020-21, five gold and one silver medal in 2021-22 and five gold and one silver medal in 2022-23 and four gold medals in 2023-24.
IJSO exam is conducted in five stages.
After the first phase of NSEJS, 51 students of Allen were selected for the second phase of INJSO.
31 students were selected for the third phase of OCSC.
After this, a six-member team was announced to represent India in the IJSO final, out of which four students were from Allen.