Tamil Nadu forms committee to increase student enrolment in professional courses

The Tamil Nadu Government has constituted a panel to study the enrolment of government school students in professional courses. If the student intake in these programmes is inadequate, the committee will suggest remedial measures.

The commission, which will be headed by retired Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, D Murugesan, will study the social and economic background of government school students. It will also identify the challenges faced by them.

If the number of students, who get admitted to courses such as engineering, agriculture, veterinary sciences, fisheries and law from state-run schools, is low, the commission will suggest measures for the same. The committee is required to submit its report to the government within a month. There will be 10 members in the commission, including Murugesan. Senior government officials and the Registrar of Anna University will also be a part of the committee. 

Representations were received stating that only fewer students from government schools got admitted to professional courses and sought measures to reverse such a scenario, the government said.  

Medical admissions: 7.5% reservation to govt school students who clear NEET 

The government has also decided to provide 7.5 per cent reservation in medical admissions to government school students who clear the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) from the 2020-21 academic year,. 

The Tamil Nadu Government had earlier formed a panel headed by retired Madras High Court Judge Justice AK Rajan to study the impact of NEET on medical admissions. It had said the panel would submit a report after studying the statistics to protect the interest of backward students in the state within a month.  

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