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- 1DEMAND NO.20ப.3
HIGHER EDUCATION is Demand No.20. Group 1 answers that cite a demand number read as first-hand reading of the note.
- 2Total 8393.16ப.8
Total outlay of the Higher Education Department for 2026-27 is Rs.8,393.16 crore (Revised Budget Estimate, Demand No.20).
- 3Directorate of Collegiate Education 4620.30ப.8
Collegiate Education alone takes Rs.4,620.30 crore - over half the department's outlay. The single largest line in Demand No.20.
- 4Directorate of Technical Education (DOTE) was established in 1957ப.9
DOTE, 1957. Pair it with Collegiate Education (1965) and Anna University (1978) for the founding-year chain.
- 5443 Engineering Colleges and 412 Polytechnic Institutionsப.9
The scale of technical education in Tamil Nadu: 443 engineering colleges, 412 polytechnics, across Government, aided, Anna University and self-financing streams.
- 655 Government Polytechnic Colleges offer 54 Diploma coursesப.9
55 Government polytechnics run 54 diploma courses. The Government share of the 412 polytechnics is small - an equity point examiners like.
- 711 Government Engineering Colleges offer 16 Undergraduate Engineering coursesப.9
Only 11 of the 443 engineering colleges are Government-run. This number recurs throughout the note - alumni associations, foreign language labs, ERP.
- 81,72,906 students were enrolled in 412 Polytechnic Collegesப.10
Polytechnic enrolment 2025-26: 1,72,906 (1,54,855 male, 18,051 female). The gender gap in diploma education is a standing essay theme.
- 97,18,374 students were enrolledப.10
Engineering enrolment 2025-26: 7,18,374 students - 4,38,044 male and 2,80,330 female. Female share here is far better than in polytechnics.
- 10Tamil Nadu Admission to Undergraduate Professional courses on preferential basis to students of Government Schools Act, 2021ப.11
The 7.5% horizontal reservation Act, 2021 - the single most quoted higher-education law of Tamil Nadu. Know the exact title.
- 11increased from 6,613 to 12,124ப.11
First-year beneficiaries under the 7.5% scheme nearly doubled from 6,613 (2021-22) to 12,124 (2025-26); Rs.344.68 crore spent so far.
- 12Cumulatively 40,653 students have benefittedப.11
40,653 Government-school students admitted under the 7.5% quota since 2021-22. Rs.390.65 crore is allocated for 2026-27.
- 13FIRST GENERATION GRADUATION CONCESSION SCHEMEப.12
Tuition-fee concession for first-generation graduates in engineering - 1,93,624 beneficiaries in 2025-26 at Rs.469.69 crore, the department's biggest scholarship by headcount.
- 142,00,000 students are likely to be benefittedப.12
Rs.469.79 crore is set aside for 2026-27 to cover 2,00,000 first-generation graduate students.
- 15increase the Gross Enrolment Ratio of SC, ST and SC converted into Christian studentsப.12
The Post Matric Scholarship Scheme's stated objective - note the explicit inclusion of SC converted to Christianity, a Tamil Nadu-specific category.
- 1656,473 Polytechnic College students and 1,16,570 Engineering College studentsப.13
Post Matric Scholarship reach in 2025-26, at Rs.341.92 crore. Targets for 2026-27 are 60,000 and 1,25,000.
- 17ISRO SCIENTIST SCHOLARSHIP FOR PG STUDENTSப.13
A scholarship named after ISRO scientists for 10 PG students admitted under the 7.5% Government-school quota - a small but very quotable scheme name.
- 18six months internship model has been introducedப.18
Six-month internship for final-year polytechnic students from 2025-26; 7,068 benefited. A one-year internship starts in 2026-27 through 85 industry partnerships.
- 1911 self-supporting diploma courses for workingப.24
Self-supporting degree and diploma courses for working professionals begin in 21 polytechnic colleges - lifelong learning under NEP framing.
- 20recurring grant of Rs.50.00 Croreப.31
Chief Minister's Research Grant (CMRG): Rs.50 crore recurring. Up to Rs.40 lakh per faculty-led project and Rs.20 lakh per student-led project; 1,673 proposals received for 2026-27.
- 21Mobilize Rs.75 Croreப.34
Alagappa Chettiar Government College of Engineering, Karaikudi mobilised Rs.75 crore of alumni funding for an Incubation Forum and Research Park - the model case for alumni engagement.
- 2248th World Skills Competition is scheduled to be held in Shanghaiப.36
48th World Skills Competition - Shanghai, China, 22-27 September 2026. The 49th is at Aichi, Japan in November 2028. Straight current-affairs fodder.
- 23Anti-Drug Clubs in 907 institutionsப.38
Anti-drug clubs in 907 technical institutions with trained master trainers, plus a Health and Wellness course in the polytechnic curriculum.
- 24250 Government Higher Education Institutionsப.41
One in-house ERP for 250 Government institutions: 11 engineering colleges, 55 polytechnics, 171 arts & science/education colleges and 13 State universities.