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Fee waiver for UG Students in Government Colleges

Fee waiver for UG Students in Government Colleges

Chennai: In a revolutionary measure that would increase access to higher education, Finance Minister K Anbazhagan on Friday announced that undergraduate students studying in government arts and science colleges would be exempted from payment of tuition fees.

Presenting the budget for 2007-08 in the State Assembly, the Minister said the measure was aimed at enabling students from the lower strata of society to pursue higher education.

Following the success of the shift system introduced in 10 government colleges, the system would be implemented in all government colleges in the coming academic year. As a result, the admission capacity in government colleges would double from 30,000 to 60,000. Further 500 additional classrooms would be constructed in government colleges at a cost of Rs. 25 crore, he said.

Anbazhagan said to improve the quality of technical education in southern districts, a new technical university by the name Tirunelveli Anna University would be established.

Admission capacity in government colleges will double.

In the coming academic year, a total of 100 middle schools would be upgraded as high schools and 80 high schools upgraded as higher secondary schools, the Minister said and added that Activity Based Learning would be introduced from classes I to IV in all primary and middle schools.

He said as many as 7,979 new posts of teachers would be filled on time scale pay through employment exchanges.

Schools with a low percentage of pass in educationally backward districts of Dharmapuri, Villupuram, Erode, Perambalur, Salem, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai and Cuddalore would be identified and special coaching would be given to the students of these schools at a cost of Rs 1.23 crore.

The Minister said computer laboratories would be set up in 1,880 government higher secondary schools at a cost of Rs.118 crore while English language laboratories would be established at an expenditure of Rs.1.30 crore.

With a view to encouraging education though Tamil Medium, students studying in Tamil Medium in classes X and XII would be exempted from payment of fees for the public examination, he said.

Fee waiver for UG Students in Government Colleges

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