Contrary to OPS promise, SC/ST scholarship cut

Chennai | Monday | 16th July, 2018

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So, we hope that the state will abide by the objectives of the 2018 guidelines and not do anything adverse,” he said. This includes seats earmarked and filled by the institutions, Gandhi said.“However, the state government has decided to issue orders based on an unambiguous term — management quota — in the revised guidelines. The recent guidelines say all institutions, which were brought under the purview of a government committee on fee fixation, shall be eligible for the PMS scheme. In TN, management quota seats filled by the institutions are under the purview of the fee fixation committee.Apart from deemed universities and a handful of government-aided colleges, every other professional institute in the state is under the purview of a fee fixation committee. CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government has stopped higher education scholarship for dalit and tribal students studying under ‘management’ quota.The move is based on guidelines issued by the Central government in connection with the Post Matriculation Scholarship (PMS) scheme introduced in 2010.Earlier, chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswamy had written to the Centre opposing the same..