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Tamil Nadu's school education department has been allotted ₹44,527 crore in the state budget
The package covers cleaner government school campuses, expanded AI and robotics in the curriculum, anti-drug cells in schools, and laptop and bicycle schemes for students.
Tamil Nadu Budget 2026-27: school education ₹44,527 crore, higher education ₹8,393 crore
Key lines include Super Clean Super Campus, Kamarajar special schools, TN SPARK, Class 11 cycles, the Vetri laptop scheme, new ITIs, and AI skills training for five lakh students by 2031.
In the Tamil Nadu Budget 2026-27, Higher Education gets ₹8,393 crore
Major lines include the ₹2,000 crore Vetri laptop scheme, competitive-exam coaching, five new ITIs (₹90 crore), and AI skills training for five lakh students by 2031.
India has about 94,000 fewer government schools than a decade ago, while private schools grew
Mergers and administrative reorganisation are a major reason; the count is not only “closed” schools.
Reports say government-school students joining government colleges may get ₹8,000
Talk also includes autonomy for 30 government-aided colleges, startup funding for government-college students, and raising the government-school quota from 7.5% to 10%.
KSAPS has denied claims that 7,000 college students in Karnataka are living with HIV
The agency says it does not track HIV data under a separate "students" category, and that a cumulative figure of 39,028 people aged 18-35 on treatment since 2004 was misread.
