TN Schools Welfare Schemes : Tamil Nadu School Education Department

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TN Schools Welfare Schemes

** This Government has the welfare of the children as its priority, as a result of which many benefits have been given to the children.

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** This would not only encourage the children to go to school but would also help them in improving their performance.

** In addition to the existing schemes of providing noon meal to children in the classes I to X, supply of one set uniform to the children in the classes I to VIII, textbooks to children in classes I to XII, supply of bicycles to children in Class XI to children studying in Government and Government Aided schools, Bus passes to children studying classes I to XII in all schools the following new schemes have been announced and implemented.

Supply of Four sets of Uniforms :
** In order to benefit school going children, supply of two sets of uniforms for children studying in Government /Government Aided schools in classes I to VIII were ordered to be supplied in the year 2011-12. 46.97 lakh children have been supplied with two sets of uniforms at a cost of Rs.164.72 crore.

** Realising that two sets of uniforms may not be adequate for the children, this Government has announced supply of four sets of uniforms for children in classes I to VIII for the year 2012-13.
** To keep in pace with the changing trends the boys studying in classes VI to VIII will be provided with full pant and shirt and the girls studying in classes VI to VIII will be provided with Salwar Kameez.
** A sum of Rs.329.89 crore has been allotted in the budget, 2012-13 for the supply of uniforms to 48.63 lakh children.

Special Cash Incentive scheme :
** With a view to reducing the dropping out of children from schools in higher classes, this Government is implementing a scheme of giving special cash incentives to all students studying in the 10th, 11th and 12th standards in Government and Government aided schools.

** An incentive of Rs.1500 for tenth and eleventh students and Rs.2,000 for twelfth students is being deposited in the name of each student in a public sector finance company and will be given as cash with interest on completion of schooling. In the year 2011-12, Rs.313.13 crore has been invested in the names of students and in the coming financial year, a sum of Rs.366.70 crore has been provided in the Budget in order to benefit 21.36 lakh students.

Supply of Laptops to students of class XII :
** The Government have issued orders for providing Laptop Computers free of cost to the students studying in Standard XII in all the Government / Government aided schools and in the State to facilitate them in acquiring better learning skills.

** For the year 2011-2012 Laptops were to be given to 5,30,729 students studying in classes XII in 3,118 Government and Government Aided Higher Secondary Schools, of which 5,640 Laptops have been distributed to the students.
** The remaining 5,25,089 students and the 5,50,947 students for the year 2012-13 in all 10,76,036 students will be provided with Laptops by the end of the year 2012-13.

Supply of Footwear :
Children with bare feet may be susceptible to certain contagious diseases.
** In order to prevent the same, the Government have announced supply of a pair of footwear without cost to all school children studying in Government / Government Aided schools from Standard I to X. A sum of Rs.100 crore has been allocated in the budget, 2012-13.
** This scheme will benefit 81 lakh children.

Supply of Notebooks :
** As the Government is providing all the items required for students the only other item left out was notebooks.
** Hence, the Government have proposed to provide notebooks also without cost to all the students from Standard I to X in Government and Government Aided schools from the coming academic year.
** A sum of Rs.150 crore has been provided in the Budget, 2012-13. Under this scheme 81 lakh students will be benefited.

Introduction of Chess Game :
** Chess game will be introduced for all students in Government / Government Aided schools in the age group of 7 to 17 years from the year 2012-13.

** Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu and the Directorate of School Education have jointly undertaken the task of establishing Chess clubs in the schools with the main objective of nurturing talents in students and conducting School, Zonal, District and State Level competitions.

** Training will be offered to the teachers at school level, district level and state level in order to take forward this programme to National and International level.