2010-2011 - Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
2010-2011 - Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
2010-2011 - Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
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put into use. Overall, a sum of Rs.10,148 crores has been<br />
allocated for school education in this Budget.<br />
Higher Education<br />
41. After this Government assumed charge, 11 new<br />
engineering colleges through Anna Universities of Technology<br />
and 7 new government arts and science colleges have been<br />
started. New Anna Universities of Technology have been started<br />
with Trichy, Coimbatore and Tirunelveli as headquarters. In the<br />
coming financial year, Anna University of Technology will be<br />
established with Madurai as headquarters for the<br />
engineering Colleges in Madurai, Dindigul, Theni,<br />
Ramanathapuram and Sivaganga Districts. A postgraduate<br />
extension centre of Thiruvalluvar University will be started at<br />
Viluppuram. This will offer an opportunity to the students in<br />
and around Viluppuram to pursue postgraduate studies in<br />
the University. Four new government arts and science<br />
colleges will be started in Pudukottai, Theni, Tiruvannamalai<br />
and Viluppuram districts with assistance from the Union<br />
Government. Seven new polytechnic colleges will be started<br />
with central assistance in the coming academic year.<br />
In addition to this, a government polytechnic college will be<br />
started at Melur in Madurai district in the coming academic<br />
year.<br />
42. After this Government assumed charge, 2,515<br />
lecturers have been appointed in government arts and science<br />
colleges and 279 lecturers have been appointed in government<br />
engineering and polytechnic colleges so far. Shift system has