Good news for government school students: 7.5% reservation in professional courses on the cards in THIS state- Details here

In an attempt to give uplift the status of public school students, the Tamil Nadu government on Thursday tabled a bill in State Assembly, pushing for 7.5 per cent reservation in professional courses.

According to a news agency Asian News International (ANI) tweet, “Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin introduced a bill in State Assembly to provide 7.5 per cent reservations to students from government schools in professional courses.”

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The same was tweeted from the official Twitter handle of CMO (Chief Minister Office) of Tamil Nadu, “Hon'ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu has introduced a bill to provide a 7.5 per cent quota for government school students in admission to vocational courses.”

This comes days after the government in its cabinet decision earlier on August 4, 2021, had decided to keep a quota for the government school students in the professional courses in the state. 

The decision was taken on the recommendations of the Justice (retired) D Murugesan committee, constituted by the DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) soon after the government formation in the state. The committee was set up to address the issue of government school students getting into professional courses.

This reservation comes in the wake of less number participation of government school students in the professional undergraduate courses such as engineering, agriculture, veterinary, fisheries, law, and others.

Similarly, the CMO of Tamil Nadu had also tweeted, “Hon'ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu has introduced a bill on the Admission Act for undergraduate vocational courses on a priority basis for Tamil Nadu Government School students.”

The same initiative was implemented by the AIADMK (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) government last year, Wherein, the government then introduced a 7.5 per cent horizontal reservation to public school students, those cleared the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admissions into undergraduate medical colleges.