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New Indian Express
12 hours ago
- General
- New Indian Express
Alert officials about dropouts, help reach 100% college enrolment, says Tirunalveli collector
TIRUNELVELI: In a bid to make Tirunelveli a no drop-out district and achieve a 100% college enrolment, collector Dr R Sukumar appealed to teachers and college faculties to alert the district administration if they come across any Class 12 dropouts. He also asked the authorities to keep a check on those students who have lost their parents. The collector was speaking at a special higher education guidance camp held at the Collectorate on Tuesday. "In the 2024-25 academic year, 14,847 students appeared for Class 12 public exam in the district, of which 13,285 cleared it. Among them, 1,035 students did not join any college. To support these students, the administration conducts this special guidance camp. The administration has already taken measures to prevent educational discontinuation. Schemes like Pudhumai Penn and Tamil Pudhalvan are being effectively implemented to promote higher education," Sukumar said. He added that as part of the initiative, two helpline numbers - 95003 24417 and 95005 24417 - are operational at the collectorate's control room to provide counselling with the help of trained teachers. "The administration is also providing financial and emotional support to the students who have lost one or both parents, encouraging them to pursue higher studies. We have asked headmasters of all schools to identify students and find out the reasons for not joining higher education. Suitable support is being arranged through the administration to ensure they are enrolled," he said. The collector also honoured two government school students, who secured admission to prestigious colleges, and seven others who cleared NEET by presenting them with shawls. He also distributed cheques worth Rs 3,500 each to five students for their college fees from his discretionary fund. The event was attended by Chief Educational Officer M Sivakumar, students and parents.
The Hindu
a day ago
- Business
- The Hindu
Admissions begin in Government ITIs after preparatory exercise spanning months to fill seats early on in 2025-26
: The Directorate of Employment and Training, Coimbatore region, is learnt to have reached out to Government schools to ensure enrolment in the Government Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) early on in 2025-26. For the 2024-25 academic session, the last date for admission was extendedthree to four times, even till the start of this year, as vacancies could not be filled for the one and two-year programmes, despite the various freebies, in most of the 12 Government ITIs in the Coimbatore region covering The Nilgiris, Erode, Karur, and Tiruppur districts. According to principals of Government ITIs, they have not been getting the desired cooperation from the Government schools. The last four years, in particular, have been tough to fill the seats. Even after the additional rounds of extension of the last date for admission, about 20 per cent seats remain unfilled, despite each candidate completing the programme have four to five offers from industries during placement, a principal of a Government ITI said. Parents in rural parts are not in favour of blue collar jobs for their wards, and are still unaware of the existing provision for progressive lateral entry of candidates completing ITIs into polytechnic and engineering programmes, principal of another Government ITI added. According to the ITI heads, there used to be a heavy competition for securing seats until five years ago. Now, most of the admitted students account for those who have not been able to secure admission in Plus One, or those who fail to get through Plus One. In the recent months, heads of the Government ITIs and the faculty had fanned out in their respective districts, with the assistance of the Block Development Officers, and Women Self-Help Groups to reach out to the parents, sources said. Students are told that those interested in taking up admission and get equipped for securing jobs early in their lives will be entitled to freebies like tuition fee, bicycle, laptop, bus pass, uniforms, footwear, drawing kit, NIMI (National Instructional Media Institute) books, and a monthly assistance of ₹750. In addition, the students from Government schools taking up ITI programmes will also receive ₹1,000 per month under the Tamil Pudhalvan (for boys) and Pudhumai Penn (for girls) schemes. The maximum age limit for admission is 40 years for male, and the ceiling has been lifted for female applicants.
The Hindu
4 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Special camp to help transgenders get into higher education
A special camp for all transgenders who wish to get into higher education for which the State government would bear all educational expenses would be held at Virudhunagar Collectorate on June 24. Those who wish to get the benefits can register themselves at the meeting to be held at the District Development council hall betwen 10 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. on June 24 The State Government would bear tuition fees and hostel fees for all transmen and transwomen who wish to pursue higher education. 'For this, the Government has relaxed the conditions meant for beneficiaries under Pudumai Penn and Tamil Pudhalvan schemes under which the beneficiary should have studied from class 6 to 12 through Tamil medium of education in government and aided schools. Transgenders can get the benefit under the new scheme on production of the identity cards issued by Tamil Nadu Transgenders Welfare Board.
The Hindu
02-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Schools reopen after summer holidays; ministers distribute books in Salem and Namakkal
Schools reopened after the summer holidays on Monday, and Tourism Minister R. Rajendran distributed books to students in Salem. All government, aided, and private schools in the Salem district reopened on Monday after the summer holidays. Teachers welcomed students back by distributing flowers and sweets. During a ceremony at the Fort Government Boys Higher Secondary School, Mr. Rajendran presented books and uniforms to 421 students, alongside District Collector R. Brindha Devi. Speaking to reporters, the Minister stated that Chief Minister M.K. Stalin was prioritising the education and health sectors through schemes like the Chief Minister's Breakfast Scheme, Pudhumai Penn, Tamil Pudhalvan, Illam Thedi Kalvi, Ennum Ezhuthum, etc. Additionally, model schools and smart classrooms have also been provided. Of the 1,640 government, government-aided and self-financing schools in the district catering to students in Class I to Class V, 67,700 students study in Tamil medium, while 31,906 study in English medium. Among the 350 schools serving students from Class VI to Class XII, 1.16 lakh students study in Tamil medium, while 61,814 students study in English medium. A total of 6.36 lakh books have been distributed to Tamil-medium students, while 2.33 lakh books have been provided to English-medium students. Additionally, uniforms have begun to be distributed to 59,179 children aged two to five enrolled in 2,697 anganwadis. In the function, MLA R. Arul, Salem Corporation Mayor A. Ramachandran, Corporation Commissioner Elangovan, Chief Educational Officer (CEO) M. Kabir, and officials from concerned departments participated. Likewise, in Namakkal district, Adi Dravidar Welfare Minister Mathiventhan distributed books to students at the Government Higher Secondary School at Anna Salai in Rasipuram in the presence of District Collector S. Uma.
The Hindu
19-05-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Students urged to study in govt. polytechnic college with aid
As the last day for applying to diploma courses in Tamil Nadu Government Polytechnic College is May 23, 2025, the college administration urged interested and eligible candidates to take up the opportunity to study engineering diploma courses like web designing, logistics, among others. As the college offers both full-time and part-time diploma courses, the yearly fee for full-time diploma is just ₹2,200. Interested can apply for full-time engineering diploma courses like civil, mechanical, electrical, computer, plastic, polymer, wed designing, logistics, and part-time courses like civil, mechanical and electrical in evening classes. While students passed in Class X board examinations can join in first year diploma classes, students who have passed Class XII board examinations and who have passed Class X examinations and also studied ITI (2 years) can get joined directly in second year of diploma classes. Interested candidates can apply through or can directly apply in the college by paying an application fee of ₹150. No application fee for SC/ST students. Along with it, students who have enrolled in the college could also be availed of various government schemes extended to students. Those who have studied in government or government-aided schools from Class VI to Class X or XII, under Tamil Pudhalvan scheme and Pudhumai Penn scheme can monthly assistance of ₹1,000. Under the Naan Mudhalvan schemes the students would be subjected to skill training. Education assistance is available for students from Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes, Denotified communities, Adi Dravidar and Scheduled Tribes. Selected female students could avail yearly scholarship of ₹50,000 under Pragathi scholarship scheme. Those selected differently abled students in second year would be granted ₹50,000 yearly assistance under Saksham scholarship. Further, paid internship with ₹16,000 for students selected in the second year of their courses. The college administration in its press statement said that the students could also avail of travel benefits like bus passes and train ticket concession.
