About 39,329 school and college students in Tiruchi district would get the free laptops given by the government this year.
These include 22,543 Plus Two school students, 12,110 students of government and aided arts and science colleges, 2,446 students of government and aided polytechnic colleges and 2,230 students of government and aided engineering colleges.
On Friday, the laptops were distributed to 2,213 engineering and polytechnic students by N.R.Sivapathi, Minister for School Education, Youth Welfare and Sports, in the presence of Collector Jayashree Muralidharan.
Inauguration
The distribution exercise was inaugurated in the district by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa at a government function recently, when she distributed the laptops to 1,055 Plus Two students and 185 students of the Government Arts College at Inamkulathur.
Speaking after distributing the laptops to students at the Anna University of Technology, Tiruchi, PNRM Polytechnic, Government Polytechnic and Seshasayee Institute of Technology, Mr.Sivapathi said the scheme announced by the Chief Minister has come as a boon for students from low and middle income group families who could not afford to buy laptops.
TRB
Stating that the State government was according priority for education, Mr.Sivapathi said that the government has sanctioned the appointment of 52,000 teacher posts in the State in a single year now.
Over the past 25 years, since Teachers Recruitment Board came into existence, only 1,05,351 teachers have been appointment.
Mr.Sivapathi handed over laptops to 1,001 students at the Anna University, 663 students at Government Polytechnic, 346 students at Seshasayee Institute of Technology and 203 at PNRM Polytechnic for Girls.
M.Paranjothi, R.Manoharan, T.Indira Gandhi and R.Chandrasekar, MLAs, A.Jaya, Mayor, Devadas Manoharan, Vice Chancellor, Anna University of Technology, Tiruchi, and heads of institutions were present.
