University of Madras to serve the poor

G Thiruvasagam, the new Vice-Chancellor of University of Madras has announced a slew of proposals to make education reach to poor and rural students. The proposals will be presented at the Syndicate meeting to be held on 19 October. To encourage opening of more colleges in rural areas, incentives like extra 10 per cent seat approval for rural colleges, as well as a 50 per cent concession on the course affiliation fee would be provided. Each college would be asked to give free education to at least 10 poor students, while every PG department would be asked to admit at least one such students. A centralized interview and admission process would be set up especially for this. A full fee waiver would be given to students with disabilities. A new Dr A L Mudaliar Centre for Basic Science Development would be set up with funding of Rs 10 lakh.

Anytimechennai News Team

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