The DMK government on Friday made two major announcements benefiting government school students -- it would provide a monthly assistance of ₹1,000 to all girl students, who studied from Class 6 to 12 in government schools, until the completion of their graduation or diploma and it would also bear the education expenses of both boys and girls from these schools if they obtained an admission into the undergraduate programmes in premier institutions like IIT, AIIMS and IISc.
The monthly sum of ₹1,000 would be remitted into their bank accounts till the uninterrupted completion of their undergraduate degree, diploma and ITI courses, Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan said while presenting the budget for 2022-23 in the Assembly.
