Chennai, April 3 (BPNS) Tirunelveli Roman Catholic diocese in 1940 opened a school in Anthoniyarpuram in Thoothukudi district to educate the children of palmyra climbers. The school was in a quiet hamlet surrounded by lush green palmyra trees and it was upgraded to a middle school in 2003. Trouble began here as the school management […]

Chennai, March 30 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu education department has identified 10,030 government schools for demolition due to dilapidated conditions. The state government has allotted an amount of Rs 1300 crore during this financial year for the construction of new school buildings in place of the demolished buildings. This was announced by the state school education […]

Chennai, March 26 (BPNS) The academic community and political leadership of Tamil Nadu have come out with stiff opposition against the proposed UGC move to conduct a common entrance test for admission to various courses in 45 Central universities of the country. M. R. Ayyappan, a retired professor from a Government College in Tamil Nadu […]

Chennai, March 24 (BPNS) Police of Chengalpattu district in Tamil Nadu have commenced investigation of a group of school students, both boys and girls drinking beer in a bus.  The police said that the students belong to a government school and that they were traveling from Thirukuzhakundram to Thachur. The video of students in uniform […]

Chennai, March 24 (IANS) In  Tamil Nadu there are single-teacher schools in many tribal settlements spread across the tribal hamlets but the situation of these schools are poor mainly due to the lethargic attitude of the teachers. The single-teacher schools in Tamil Nadu were formulated as part of the central government policy of ‘Ekal Vidyala’ […]

Chennai, March 23 (BPNS) Madras University is planning to provide one free seat to transgenders in each college affiliated with it for Under Graduate course. This is to promote education of transgenders. This will come into effect from academic year 2022-23. The university is already providing two free seats in each college affiliated to it for […]

Puducherry, March 13 (BPNS) The Union Territory of Puducherry has decided to open the L.K.G. and U.K.G classes in all four regions of the territory from Monday, 14th March. Classes for LKG and UKG had remained shut since March 2020 after the outbreak of the pandemic. Children were learning in online mode ever since the pandemic […]

Puducherry, March 13 (BPNS) The Union Territory of Puducherry has decided to open the L.K.G. and U.K.G classes in all four regions of the territory from Monday, 14th March. Classes for LKG and UKG had remained shut since March 2020 after the outbreak of the pandemic. Children were learning in online mode ever since the pandemic […]

Chennai, March 9 (BPNS) The School education department of Tamil Nadu has ordered an inquiry into a video depicting two school students painting the school floor in Panchayat Union Middle School at Periyur , Erode. The video clip that was shot by an AIADMK leader and former Panchayat Vice president of Periyur, Shanmugham went viral […]

Chennai, March 8 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu education department has razed 3030 old school buildings in the state that were in a dilapidated state and the construction of new buildings is in process. It may be noted that during the recent rains some old school buildings that were in poor condition had come down and in […]