Chennai: In a bid to boost public educational institutions, Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday said that the government will bear the tuition fees of students enrolling in professional courses under the 7.5% quota in the state educational institutions.
The Tamil Nadu government had last month set apart 7.5 per cent reservation on "preferential basis" to state government school students for their admissions to engineering, agriculture, veterinary, law and other professional degree courses offered in government, aided and private institutions. will take care of tuition, accommodation and counselling fees of students from government schools who secure admission under newly created 7.5% reservation in professional education.
Handing over admission orders to 50 engineering aspirants here to mark the rollout on Monday, Stalin said 10,000 government school students aspiring for engineering courses would benefit from the reservation in the current academic year while 350 others would enter agriculture, veterinary, fishery and law courses.
"This would benefit at least 10,000 students largely from economically weaker background students".
The Bill granting 7.5% reservation for students from government schools was passed during the ongoing Assembly session on August 26. With the Opposition's support, the Bill was passed unanimously in the Assembly, as per reports.
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