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The Hindu
6 days ago
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- The Hindu
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.
The Hindu
16-05-2025
- General
- The Hindu
Welfare schemes, development works reviewed in Tenkasi district
District Monitoring Officer P. Shankar reviewed the progress of ongoing development works and the implementation of welfare schemes on Friday. At the meeting held in the presence of Collector A.K. Kamal Kishore, the implementation of welfare schemes like 'Naan Mudhalvan,' 'Puthumai Penn,' 'Thamizh Puthalvan,' giving assistance for renovating old houses, free housing scheme, giving patta to poor families living on government poramboke land for more than 10 years, drinking water supply in rural areas, breakfast scheme in schools, etc., were reviewed. The meeting also reviewed the progress of ongoing renovation work at Main Falls cottages in Courtallam, desilting of Sembuli Channel in Vallam, Kalangaatha Kandi Channel in Shencottai, two irrigation tanks in Karkudi, additional classroom buildings in Puliyarai and the construction of new buildings in the gynaecology and paediatrics ward in Tenkasi Government Hospital. The Monitoring Officer also handed over battery-operated wheelchairs to two differently abled beneficiaries after the review meeting. Superintendent of Police S. Aravind, District Revenue Officer S. Jayachandran and senior officials from various departments participated in the meeting.
