MADRAS UNIVERSITY VC SEEKS THE SUPPORT OF BOOK BANKS
G. Thiruvasagam , the Vice-Chancellor University of Madras
sought the help of Book Banks facilitate
the Free Education Scheme that the university plans to launch next month. Dr.
Thiruvasagam was addressing the inaugural function of distribution of free
books by Jaigopal Garodia Charitable Book Bank to college students.
Under the scheme,
totally free higher education would be provided to as many as 1,500
under-privileged students in Chennai, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts, he
added.
Urging universities, publishers and charitable book banks to
support the State Government`s initiatives to provide higher education to
underprivileged persons, he said “It is highly impressive that 50 per cent of
the applicants to engineering courses this year are first generation higher
education students.” Apart from scholarships and welfare initiatives, the
students would need free text books and reference books, he added.
