He was distributing prizes to the students selected under a Centrally-sponsored scheme of Bala Vidya and Bala Sri awards on the occasion of Students Day coinciding with the 105th birth anniversary of Kamaraj at the Directorate of Education here on Sunday.

Courses

Mr. Rangasamy said while engineering and medical courses were available for the students here, he would only wish that students took to a career in civil service too.

Smart schools

Education Minister M.O.H. F. Shahjahan said the Department of Education would select 70 government schools to promote them as 'Smart School / They would adopt the syllabus framed by National Council of Educational Research and Training.

He said students should not indulge in agitations but concentrate on their studies.