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The Hindu
18-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
New classroom building inaugurated at the Government Tribal Residential School in Pechiparai
Kanniyakumari District Collector R. Alagumeena inaugurated a new classroom building at the Government Tribal Residential School in Pechparai on Friday. The building was constructed at a cost of ₹25 lakh, funded by a Coimbatore-based private firm through a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative. Speaking at the event, she highlighted that the Government Tribal Residential School in Pechiparai has achieved 98% pass rate in the 2024-2025 SSLC public examination. She added that the district has Government Tribal Residential Schools in Pathukani, Manalodai and Vazhayathuvayal, and these institutions have been performing well, contributing significantly to the development of tribal students. The Collector emphasized that the Tamil Nadu government has been taking various welfare measures for the welfare of tribal people, especially focusing on the school and higher education of tribal students. She further urged the students to pursue their higher education, pointing out that the government has been providing various financial and welfare assistance for the students to support their higher education goals. Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha Member Vijay Vasanth, Chief Educational Officer Baladhandayuthapani and other officials from other departments were present at the event.
New Indian Express
05-06-2025
- General
- New Indian Express
Tribal girl from TN's Kalvarayan Hills makes it to IIT, realises late father's dream
CHENNAI: When A Rajeshwari, a tribal girl, walks on the hallowed corridors of an Indian Institute of Technology soon, she will be living her own dream, and one her father held close to his heart till he succumbed to cancer a year ago. A Aundi, her dad who belonged to the Malayali (Scheduled Tribe) community of Karumandurai, a village located 65km from Salem in the Kalvarayan Hills with a 90% tribal population, could study only up to Class 8 due to poverty and seasonal migration. Determined that his four children should have a different future, Aundi took up tailoring and toiled hard to provide them with a stable education, ably supported by his wife Kavitha. He succeeded in making his first two children undergraduates, which in itself is no mean feat. If he had not died in 2024, Aundi would have not only witnessed the proudest moment of his life but also the beginning of a transformation in the lives of his family as his third child Rajeshwari will make history by becoming the first tribal student from a Government Tribal Residential School run by the state government to enter into an IIT, most likely IIT-Madras. The girl from Government Tribal Residential Higher Secondary School in Karumandurai, has secured an all-India rank of 417 under the Scheduled Tribes category in the JEE Advanced results published on Monday.
