Tamil Nadu's model schools have caught national attention with their results, says Stalin
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin inaugurated new buildings and hostels constructed at cost of ₹57.47 crore for the government model school at Thuvakudi in Tiruchi on Thursday.
Model schools were established in the State to coach higher secondary students to clear competitive exams such as JEE, NEET, CUET, CLAT, and NIFT and other exams and help students secure admission to premier higher educational institutions. In the 2023-24 Budget, the State government had announced that permanent buildings will be established in the first phase for the model schools in the five districts of Tiruchi, Kallakurichi, Villupuram, Cuddalore, and Tiruvannamalai.
The model school building, situated on the premises of the Government Industrial Training Institute (ITI), has ground plus two floors with a carpet area of 54,676 sq. ft. The school has classrooms, staff rooms, a library, a multipurpose hall, laboratories, a playground, an auditorium, and sanitation complexes. Additionally, separate five-storey hostel buildings for boys and girls with an area of 73,172 sq. ft have been constructed. The hostels can accommodate around 440 boys and an equal number of girls.
Mr. Stalin went around the school and hostel buildings and interacted with the students. He unveiled the statue of Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar installed on the school premises.
Later, in a post on X, Mr. Stalin said: 'Following my visit to the model schools in Delhi in 2022, I had said that such schools would be established in Tamil Nadu too. As announced, we established 38 model schools, one in each district across Tamil Nadu. Now, the permanent infrastructure for the school in Tiruchi has been inaugurated. The model school has come up in such a way that has turned heads even in Delhi.'
'Our initiative has yielded impressive results, with 977 students from these schools now pursuing higher education in premier Indian and international institutions. We will continue to strive to increase the numbers,' Mr. Stalin said and lauded School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi for making government schools a symbol of pride.
Minister for Municipal Administration K.N. Nehru, Minister for Natural Resources S. Regupathy, Minister for Transport S. S. Sivasankar, Minister for Welfare of Backward Classes Siva V. Meyyanathan, Tiruchi MP Durai Vaiko, Rajya Sabha member Tiruchi N. Siva, School Education Department Principal Secretary B. Chandra Mohan, and Collector M. Pradeep Kumar were present.
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