Jayashree Perumal and Aval Sindhu, who will soon start their college education, say they are mostly excited, and nervous, about the new experiences that await them. The government school students will fly to Taiwan to pursue an undergraduate degree, and have secured a full scholarship for it.
A total of 247 students from government schools across the State, who are set to study in prestigious higher education institutions, were honoured by the Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday. Nearly all of them are from an underprivileged background, and many of them would be the first graduate in their family. The Government of Tamil Nadu is funding their college education. Many of these students completed Class XII at the Model Schools run by the School Education Department.
A student of the Model School in Dharmapuri district, Jayashree will pursue a degree in mechanical engineering at Kun Shan University in Taiwan, and Sindhu will pursue a course in International Business and Trade at Ming Chuan University. This is a first for government students from the State.
