School education outlay crosses Rs.10,000 crore

CHENNAI: School education infrastructure in the State will get a huge fillip with the allocation of over Rs.10,000 crore for the school education sector.

Detailing the schemes and plans for the last year of the five-year term of the DMK government, School Education Minister Thangam Thennarasu said this was the highest allocation ever for school education. The government was committed to providing an equitable system of education to all in the State.

“We want to make available the same kind of education to all…Rome was not built in a day. We are working on the infrastructure in all schools so that a few years down the line all schools will have good infrastructure.”

He cited the generous financial contribution of the Rural Development Department to improve schools manned by local bodies and said infrastructure was coming up across the State in all government schools.

The provision of computers to all high and higher secondary schools, setting up of more libraries, upgrading of schools, carrying out periodic maintenance of schools, introduction of the SSA method of teaching, increasing the teacher to student ratio, providing lab equipment to schools and computer-aided language learning laboratories were among the steps.