A diverse group of students from various socio-economic background, professions and age-groups have enrolled for the B. Sc. in Programming and Data Science course offered online by IIT Madras, the institution said on Monday.
The institution is planning to train students from government and government-aided schools in Tamil Nadu to increase their enrolment in the programme. Faculty members had met heads of 35 government schools in Chennai, where training is expected to commence from July.
Of the roughly 12,500 persons actively pursuing the course at the moment, more than 1,500 were from Tamil Nadu. They were not only from cities like Chennai and Coimbatore, but also from smaller towns and rural areas, the institute said. Around 200 had studied in government and government-aided schools. The institute was offering 100% scholarship to around 180 students from Tamil Nadu and 50% fee waiver to another 120.
