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| Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Classes in new colleges begin
In all, 481 candidates have joined these colleges through counselling
Villupuram: Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudy inaugurated
the first-year classes of the newly started government engineering
colleges at Villupuram and Tindivanam on Monday.
In all, 481 candidates have joined these colleges through counselling conducted by Anna University-Chennai.
Mr. Ponmudy said of the 78,270 candidates selected through counselling, 34,309,
constituting 50 per cent of the total strength, had come from Tamil medium schools,
so the faculty should start teaching the courses in Tamil until the candidates were familiar with the subject.
They should not scare the Tamil medium students by teaching the lessons in English. In 2005, the number of candidates from
Tamil medium schools was only 8,506. The Villupuram college would function from the old taluk office buildings,
with the boys hostel situated on the DIG office premises and the girls hostel on the DANIDA office campus.
The Tindivanam college would function from the defunct cooperative mills, with the boys hostel
on the campus itself and the girls hostel in a rented building. The State
Transport Corporation would run buses linking the hostels to the colleges.
At least for one year, these colleges would have to put up with temporary structures.
Highly qualified faculty have been inducted in these colleges that come
under the purview of Anna University-Chennai. Mr. Ponmudy said that since the
Tindivanam cooperative mills had fallen sick, 17 of its employees had sought
jobs in the college.He promised them that they would be provided with suitable
employment depending upon their educational qualification.
The Minister said that of the six-seven lakh engineering candidates
passing out every year in the country, one lakh were from Tamil Nadu.
As of now, the State had 332 engineering colleges, including 80 colleges
started this academic year. Because of the reduction in tuition fees,
increased government quota in the private colleges and abolition
of the entrance examination, the number of candidates taking to engineering
courses had increased considerably.
Mannar Jawahar, Vice-Chancellor of Anna University-Chennai,
said the students of these colleges would also get campus placements,
and the colleges would soon get all the facilities.
Collector R. Palanisamy participated.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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