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TN CM creates revolving fund for govt school medical students' fees, Stalin too says DMK to bear expenses

Chennai, Nov 21 (UNI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi
K Palaniswami on Saturday announced that tuition and hostel
fees would be paid by the government for government school
students who were allotted seats in medical and dental colleges
under the 7.5 per cent horizontal quota.
In a statement here, he announced immediate creation of
a revolving fund to financially help NEET-qualified State
government school students, who were allotted seats in
private medical colleges and dental colleges under the
7.5 per cent quota.
Earlier in the day, Opposition DMK President M K Stalin
announced that the DMK would fully bear the educational
expenses of these students.
Reacting to it, the Chief Minister accused him of enacting
a ‘political drama’.
Stating that the government school students do not have
to wait for scholarship funds, Mr Palaniswami said he has
set up a revolving fund in the Tamil Nadu Medical Services
Corporation to ensure that tuition and hostel fees could be
paid to the college administration from the fund.
Mr Palaniswami said while announcing the 7.5 per cent
reservation for government school students in admissions
to medical courses in Tamil Nadu on November 18, he had
said that “Post Matric Scholarship and other financial aid
will be provided due to the financial difficulties faced by
poor government school students, including those from
Corporation schools, Municipality schools, Adi Dravidar
schools, Tribal Welfare schools, Kallar Denotified Tribes
School and Forest Department schools.
He said it was well known that it was the State government
which has helped poor students realise their dreams of
becoming doctors by announcing, on November 18, that their
tuition and hostel fees would be paid by the State government.
Despite being fully aware that the students would get the
full help from the government, Mr Stalin has enacted a
political drama by an announcement that his party would
bear the expenses.
In a statement, announcing that the DMK would meet the
educational expenses of NEET-qualified State government
school students, Mr Stalin said a total of 227 students had
joined the government medical colleges, while others had
been allotted seats in private medical colleges.
“The poor students are not able to pay their fees and
their parents are facing anxiety as they depend on the
AIADMK government. They fear that their hopes would
be dashed,” he said, while justifying the reason behind
his party’s decision to meet the educational expenses
of these students.
Mr Stalin also reiterated that once the DMK was elected
to power it would ensure cancellation of the NEET and
help the poor sections realise their dreams of becoming
medical professionals.
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