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Tuesday, September 21, 2021

7.5% quota: TN to pay full edu cost of govt students


7.5% quota: TN to pay full edu cost of govt students

Chennai:21.09.2021

The Tamil Nadu government would bear the entire education cost — tuition fees, hostel fees and counselling fees — of all government school students joining professional courses under the 7.5% quota, chief minister M K Stalin said on Monday.

Issuing admission letters to 50 students under special reservation in Anna University, Stalin said around 12,000 students would join engineering, agriculture, veterinary science, fisheries and law courses. “This will lead their families and the places to development, besides benefiting the state. I am proud to issue these admission letters,” Stalin said. TNN

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Special quota is a rural development scheme, says Stalin

Among the beneficiaries, G Viswanathan got admission in electronics and communication engineering, while Monish K got admission in computer science engineering — both in College of Engineering, Guindy. They had lost their fathers many years ago and their families were struggling to make ends meet.

Viswanathan of Government Higher Secondary School in Anakaputhur and the topper among government school students with an aggregate of 197.9 marks, said the government bearing his education cost would ensure that he completes his studies. His sister has been the family’s sole bread-winner after their father, a watchman, died nine years ago.

Monish, another student from the same school who works part-time to support his family, said the announcement has come as a “huge relief” to his family. He was raised by his mother after his father died in 2015. His mother works at Chennai airport’s tollgate for a monthly salary of ₹5,000. He scored 195.75 marks to get the eighth rank among government school students.

Stalin said 69% of students of government schools came from villages and the special reservation has become a virtual rural development scheme. He recalled it was the DMK government headed by M Karunanidhi that cancelled entrance exams for medical and engineering courses as it had been blocking the entry of rural students in professional courses.

“The government is conducting a legal battle against NEET. Government orders issued to ensure social justice are laying the foundation for an equitable society,” he said. Asking the departments of school education and higher education to lay the foundation for Tamil society’s allround development, he said the present government’s tenure should become a golden period for higher education, professional education and research.

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