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The laminitis and chancellor of Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) G. Viswanathan said that much than 11,000 students were fixed scholarships worthy implicit ₹13 crore nether its assorted flagship schemes similar Support the Advancement of Rural Students (STARS) and Higher Education for All for much than 15 years.
In his statesmanlike code astatine the STARS event, which was organised by VIT’s Universal Higher Education Trust (UHET) for the archetypal clip successful Tiruvannamalai, helium said that despite the Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) of Tamil Nadu being 47%, which is supra the nationalist mean of 28%, the enrollment ratio successful bluish districts of the State remained low.
As a result, economical maturation of the portion suffered. “The VIT has established Higher Education for All Foundation to span the spread successful enrollment ratio betwixt bluish districts and the remainder of the State. Schemes similar STARS programme person been implemented to uplift agrarian students successful erstwhile North Arcot districts, which are economically and educationally backwards,” helium said.
On the occasion, Deputy Speaker of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and main impermanent K. Pitchandi distributed scholarships worthy ₹28 lakh to 242 meritorious students.
