The Tamil Nadu government will pay tuition costs, among other things, under the 7.5 percent quota of students enrolling in professional training courses in the state, according to Chief Minister MK Stalin.
Last month, the Tamil Nadu government set aside 7.5 per cent of seats for state government school students in veterinary medicine, agricultural, law, engineering, and other professional degree programmes provided by the government, aided, and private schools on a “preferential basis.”
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Stalin said the current academic year would benefit 10,000 government school students who want to engineering degrees while another 350 students would attend agricultural, veterinary, fishing, and legal courses, because he gave admission orders to 50 ingeniery candidates here to commemorate the deployment.
“The government has agreed to cover tuition, housing costs, and even counselling fees for kids from government schools who attend professional institutions under the 7.5 percent quota,” stated the chief minister.
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According to Stalin, the reservation was part of the ruling DMK’s effort to provide high-quality higher education for state-run schools, particularly in rural areas. According to him, students who attended such institutions from grades 6 to 8 will benefit from the new quota.
