The scheme to train government school students for IIT entrance examination will be expanded to 120 schools this year.
Earlier it would be a surprise if students from government schools in Tamil Nadu write national level competitive examinations. Now it will be no longer be a surprise if students from government schools in Tamil Nadu top national level competitive examination. State school education department through the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) state directorate has embarked on a mission to train first three rankers of class X and class XII from each government school in the state for these competitive tests.
The RMSA directorate has come up with a new project TAN Excel under the quality intervention programme to identify the first three classes X and XII school toppers in government schools to train and facilitate their participation in national level competitive tests.