The Tamil Nadu government has signed an MoU with Speed Trust to provide free coaching to state board students.
Chennai: Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palanisami on Monday launched 100 coaching centres to train state board students for competitive exams like Neet.
Speaking at the function here he said, “There are a lot of questions as to whether students from state board can succeed all-India competitive exams. Let me assure you that our state board syllabus is not inferior to any other board in our country.”
He further said, “Providing adequate training for students to face competitive exams is the need of the hour.” His remarks came in the backdrop of the opposition to the Neet from various sections including Opposition parties.
The Tamil Nadu government has signed an MoU with Speed Trust to provide free coaching to state board students. The state government is planning to set up 412 centres covering all blocks in the state.
Stating that the rest of centres will be inaugurated soon, the CM said, “So far, 73,000 students have enrolled for coaching. Students who enrolled for the coaching would not need any additional coaching to face the competitive exams.”
The classes will be conducted in both English and Tamil. Students will be provided with 30 books with more than 54,000 objective type questions in key subjects like Maths, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.
“Students can attend the classes during weekends between 9 am and 4 pm. After public exams, coaching classes will be held daily,” he added. He also gave away free booklets to students.
School education minister K.A.Sengottaiyan said, “For the first time in the country, the state government is providing free coaching for government school students. With this coaching, students will clear any competitive exam.”
Deputy Chief Minister O.Panneerselvam. higher education minister K.P.Anbalagan, chief secretary Girija Vaidyanathan, school education secretary Pradeep Yadav and others participated in the event.
