TN to provide 7.5% reservation for government school students in all professional courses
The Hindu
The move follows recommendations by a commission, as admission rates from government school students in professional courses was found to be low, a press release said
Tamil Nadu government has decided to introduce 7.5% horizontal reservation for government school students in admission to engineering, agriculture, veterinary and fisheries courses from the coming academic year. A similar reservation policy is already being implemented in medical admissions since the academic year 2020-21. At a meeting of the Tamil Nadu cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin at the Secretariat on Wednesday, it was decided that a Bill seeking to provide reservation for government school students would be introduced in the forthcoming session of the Assembly this month.More Related News