Tamil Nadu to reserve 7.5% seats for govt. school students in 'Professional Courses'

Earlier this year, the Tamil Nadu government formed a committee led by retired Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, D Murugesan to look into the enrollment ratio of government school students in professional courses such as engineering. 

The Tamil Nadu government on August 26 introduced a Bill in the state assembly appealing to reserve 7.5 per cent of seats in professional courses such as engineering, agriculture, veterinary, fisheries, law, for government school students. The bill has been introduced by the state Chief Minister M K Stalin. The recommendations for the bill were given by the D Murugesan commission, formed to study the reasons behind fewer students from government schools getting admission to these professional courses. Earlier this year, the Tamil Nadu government ordered to form a dedicated committee led by retired Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, D Murugesan. The committee was formed in order to look into the enrollment ratio of government school students in professional courses such as engineering. The official released stated that the panel would submit its report to the government within a month.

The official statement further added that “If the number of students, who get admitted to courses like engineering, agriculture, veterinary sciences, fisheries and law from state-run schools is less, the panel would recommend appropriate remedial measures.”

According to a report published by The Hindu, The committee in its report stated that there are evident inequalities between the government and private school students getting admission to these courses.

The reports said that the Commission has recommended that government must not reserve any less than 10 per cent of seats in professional courses for Government school students “without affecting the rule of reservation in force in the State. The move will help more government school students from the state enrolling under professional courses offered.

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