Corporation school students who clear Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) and the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) and get admission in institutes such as AIIMS, National Law School will be eligible for this benefit from this year onwards.
The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) will cover the first-year tuition fee of their students who qualify in competitive exams and get admission in nationally-recognized institutions. The announcement was made on Monday when ruling DMK-led GCC presented its budget for 2023-24.Besides education, upgraded road infrastructure, storm water drains for flood mitigation, and increase in green spaces were the focus in the 2023-’24 budget for Chennai.
Corporation school students who clear Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) and the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) and get admission in institutes such as AIIMS, National Law School will be eligible for this benefit from this year onwards.
“Separate guidelines will be issued on this soon,” said Chennai mayor R Priya. Corporation schools students from Class 9 to 12 will be chosen via an entrance test to coach them for competitive examinations.
Of the 64 announcements made in the last year’s budget, 35 projects have been completed, 28 are underway and one project will be done in 2023-24, said the mayor.
First Dalit woman from Chennai and the youngest ever to occupy this position, mayor Priya presented her second budget after the DMK formed the government in Tamil Nadu in May 2021 with a revenue deficit at ₹335 crore. The civic body projects a property tax collection of ₹1680 crores in 2023-2024.
The GCC allotted ₹1482.7 crore for construction of storm water drains, ₹881 crore for bus route roads under Singara Chennai 2.0 and ₹149.55 crore has been allocated under the Tamil Nadu Urban Road Infrastructure Fund (TURIF) for laying 1,335 bus route roads covering 251 km .
The corporation allocated ₹102.5 crore for constructing new bridges and widening the existing ones and ₹260.5 crore was allocated for solid waste management.
For converting open areas into parks and playgrounds, ₹77 crore has been allocated. The ward development fund of the councillors has been hiked from ₹35 lakh to ₹40 lakh annually and special work will be carried out under these funds. Read More On..
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