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All put together, these benefits to students will cost the State<br />

exchequer Rs.1,299.74 crores.<br />

HIGHER EDUCATION<br />

106. This Government has opened 22 new Arts and<br />

Science colleges and one new Government Engineering college<br />

in the last two years. In addition, the opening of ten new<br />

Government polytechnic colleges and two new Government<br />

engineering colleges have also been announced. The Indian<br />

Institute of Information Technology will function from the<br />

academic year <strong>2013</strong>-20<strong>14</strong> in the campus of Bharathidasan<br />

Institute of Technology. The Hon'ble Chief Minister has<br />

already announced the starting of eight more Arts and Science<br />

Colleges, which will function from <strong>2013</strong>-20<strong>14</strong>.<br />

107. The enrolment of students in higher education<br />

went up from 6,09,915 in 2010-2011 to 6,51,807 in<br />

2012-<strong>2013</strong>. Under the scheme to provide tuition fees to first<br />

generation graduates, a sum of Rs.518 crores has been<br />

disbursed during 2012-<strong>2013</strong>. The allocation under this<br />

scheme has been substantially enhanced to Rs.673 crores in<br />

<strong>2013</strong>-20<strong>14</strong>.<br />

EQUIPPING THE YOUTH FOR THE INFORMATION<br />

TECHNOLOGY ERA<br />

108. The scheme of free distribution of laptop<br />

computers to students will go a long way in building quality<br />

human resource in the State. By this scheme, our State is<br />

ensuring that the digital divide which characterises

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