Children return to school after summer vacation; Speaker, Collector receive students with free notebooks, uniform
Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker M. Appavu on Monday received the students of Valliyoor Government Higher Secondary School with notebooks and free uniforms as they returned to their school after the summer vacation.
He said over two lakh students in the 1,195 government and government-aided schools in the district would receive the free notebooks and uniforms. Since the Tamil Nadu Government was keen on eradicating dropouts and encouraging the children to pursue their higher education after passing Plus Two, various welfare schemes like 'Puthumai Penn' and 'Thamizh Puthalvan' schemes had been introduced for giving the monthly assistance of ₹1,000 to them. Free breakfast scheme had been implemented in the government and the government-aided schools.
'Smart Classrooms' were being created in all government schools to make teaching and learning easier. Spoken English class had become part of the government schools.
'The children, especially the students from rural poor families, should make use of these welfare schemes to academically excel and come-up in life,' the Speaker said.
District Collector R. Sukumar appealed to the children to respect and abide by the teachers and concentrate only on their studies.
Chief Educational Officer M. Sivakumar and District Educational Officer Sai Subbulakshmi were present.
Teachers of various schools received their students, especially the primary school children, returning to the school after the vacation with chocolates, flowers and sandal paste.
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