TN to sponsor students admitted under 7.5% govt school quota

Chennai, September 20

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Monday announced that the state government would take care of the expenses of all students who have been admitted to professional and other courses under the 7.5 per cent government school students quota.

In his address at a function organised at the Anna University campus to provide allotment letters to a few students who have been admitted to various programmes under the quota, he said that the counselling, tuition, and hostel fees would be borne by the state government and called upon the students to make use of the opportunity.

The government decision is expected to benefit 10,000 students who will be admitted to engineering programmes and to 350 other students who will be admitted to other professional programmes like fisheries, law, and agriculture in the current academic year.

School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudi, and Health Minister Ma Subramanian were also present in the programme. IANS