According to Minister for Higher Education K.P. Anbazhagan, Tamil Nadu has become the ‘Knowledge Hub’ of India, thanks to the farsighted initiatives being taken by Chief Minister Jayalalitha to elevate higher education to the next level.
Mr. Anbazhagan has said 75 students studying in government colleges across the State had a rare opportunity of doing a semester in a foreign institution in the past three years as the State government had allocated Rs. 13.50 crore in this regard.
The Minister has also said 67 new colleges had been started in Tamil Nadu since 2011 to make higher education accessible to students from even the poorest families, while the students’ colleges’ ratio stood at 1 lakh students and 37 colleges in Tamil Nadu, the all India figure was 1 lakh students: 27 colleges.
Mr. Anbhazhagan has added that the State government has spent Rs. 24,129 crore for giving freebies to the students during the current fiscal and presently Tamil Nadu has become India’s ‘Knowledge Hub’ because of these constructive efforts.
