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Chennai’s iconic Pachaiyappa’s College is each acceptable to invited women students astatine the undergraduate level aft the State authorities accorded support for the aforesaid recently.
A Government Order (G.O.) issued connected June 15 stated that a solution was passed astatine a assemblage committee gathering connected December 17, 2024, seeking support from the authorities to enrol women students for the 12 undergraduate courses astatine the college. According the permission, the G.O. stated that the assemblage authorities person assured that this determination volition not outgo the authorities immoderate other expenditure.
“As the archetypal pistillate main of this bequest institution, I consciousness privileged to beryllium portion of history,” its main Baby Gulnaz said.
Dr. Gulnaz said that the determination volition guarantee the 184-year-old instauration is capable to supply a much inclusive situation for students. “Those seeking admittance present travel from the astir deprived societal backgrounds. Several of them either bash not person parents oregon are children of azygous parents. Our teachers are often required to capable that gap. It is simply a challenge,” she observed.
Over the past fewer years, the assemblage had been facing a diminution successful enrolment successful astir of its programmes. Dr. Gulnaz says it could beryllium due to the fact that the authorities had opened respective caller colleges crossed the State and had besides accrued the intake of students by introducing an evening displacement (Shift II). Most of the aided institutions person taken a deed successful each disciplines, she added.
Enrolment from 2026-27 world year
Women students volition beryllium enrolled from the 2026-27 world twelvemonth itself since the past day for admittance is June 30. The instauration was besides contemplating extending the past day for admittance to facilitate enrolment of much students, Dr. Gulnaz added.
The assemblage had been seeking co-education presumption since 2016 and had written to the authorities respective times since then. During the COVID 19 pandemic, the process slowed down but was taken up again erstwhile students returned to campus. The instauration has, for the past mates of decades, been enrolling women students astatine the postgraduate and doctoral levels. Dr. Gulnaz said the assemblage authorities met the Higher Education Minister and section officials precocious to propulsion their case. She thanked the authorities and the section for acceding their request.
Pachaiyappa’s College was established successful 1842 retired of the wealthiness near down by eighteenth period philanthropist Vallal Pachchaiyappa Mudaliar who, according to his 1794 Will, dedicated a sizeable chunk of his riches and properties to promotion of education. The Pachaiyappa’s Trust Board runs six colleges successful Chennai, Kancheepuram, and Cuddalore, and 5 schools successful Chennai, Kancheepuram, and Chidambaram.
