Tamil Nadu Govt announces Financial support for Govt school students

Chennai, Lauding the students of government schools who are set to join premier higher education institutions both in India and abroad, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday said the state government would bear the initial travel expenses of those going abroad and fund the education of pupils who pursue higher education in top centres of learning, including the IITs.

In his address at a function here to felicitate 461 such students from government schools, the chief minister lauded them, their teachers and parents, as well as School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi and the education department.

The DMK assumed power in 2021. Stalin said the number of students qualifying for higher education in top institutions increased to 274 in 2023 from 75 students in 2022. 

This year, so far the count is 447 (institutions in India)