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Over 400 Tamil Nadu govt school students to get medical seats: Minister

TN minister of school education KA Sengottiyan said 313 students would get medical seats and 92 at dental colleges, including 55 from Erode district alone.

tamil nadu, tamil nadu neet, tamil nadu neet panel, neet ug, neet pg, AIADMK, cancel neet, medical examsMajor parties in Tamil Nadu have time and again said that the national test was against principles of social justice, students from rural regions, backward communities and government-run schools. (Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh/Representational)

Over 400 students of government schools in Tamil Nadu are to get medical college seats under the 7.5 per cent reservation, Minister of School Education K A Sengottiyan said on Wednesday.

He told reporters at Gobichettipalayam in the district that 313 students would get medical seats and 92 at dental colleges, including 55 from Erode district alone.

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On the conducting of public examinations for class 10th, 11th, and 12th students, he said the state government would announce the date for public exams by December-end.

Tamil Nadu is the only state in the country to implement 7.5 per cent reservation, the Minister said.

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With the consent given by the governor Banwarilal Purohit after what the opposition parties called much delay, the state government issued a GO to implement the quota regime from the current 2020-21 academic year itself.

Earlier, Sengottaiyan inaugurated the drinking water supply scheme to the residents of Pariyur Nanjagoundenpalayam residents. District Collector C Kathiravan was also present on the occasion.

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