Madurai career guidance cell helps 40 government school students to get college admissions

Over 40 students of the district government schools, who had passed the class 10 and 12, have been admitted to some higher institutions due to the constant follow-up from the people who are working in the special career guidance control room of the district.

 

The state government has been running special control rooms, with call centre facility, in all of its districts since June 3 with a view to resolving student dropouts and offering career counseling and inputs. The special control room for Madurai district has been functioning from the Chief Educational Officer (CEO) office at Tallakulam. Teachers and counselors at the center monitored and kept in contact with the parents of the students who had dropped out or not applied to college, resulting in over 40 students receiving admissions at arts and science colleges, ITIs and polytechnic.

 

P Saravana Murugan, programme in-charge and assistant project officer, Samagra Shiksha, told TNIE that they ensured that 95% of the students who passed the board exams have applied for higher studies. "We are expecting results of the supplementary examination, based on which we will give counseling to the students and make them eligible for scholarship to study. The collector is the nodal officer for the scheme. Very few students come to the control room in person, but the professionals engaged, such as arts and science college teachers, polytechnic college teachers and ITI teachers, have been making every possible effort for their admission," he added.

 

Samagra Shiksha district coordinator M Manivannan further added that they took students' details from the Educational Management Information System (EMIS) and government school principals as well. "As per the statistics, we interact with parents regularly to ensure their children undertake studies. We have also extended help to the students in the form of sponsorship, government scholarship, and career advice so that they can opt for a good profession," he said.

 

M Bharathikannan, a differently abled student who studied at a government school in A Vallalapatti in Melur taluk, cleared the Class 12 examination. His father -- P Manikandan, a casual laborer in the fields -- was not financially in a position to fund his son's further studies. Manikandan also said, "A teacher in a call centre called me and gave the necessary support and guidance. My son now has got admission in a computer course in an ITI centre, and classes will begin from late July."

 

Another student, A Yogeswaran of Vadipatti taluk, both parents of whom died, was called by the centre teachers, for whom he expressed interest in pursuing B Com. "The teachers went to the SN college and organized admission with sponsorship," he added.

 

Aspirant students may call 0452-2522995 and 7200647475. Special career guidance control room will function until October 31.