Career Guidance Cell Helps 40 School Students Secure College Admission

Over 40 government school students from the district, who had cleared class 10 and 12 examinations, have secured admissions in various higher education institutions, owing to the diligent follow-up efforts of the people working at the special career guidance control room in the district.

- Jeyalakshmi Ramanujam @ Madurai

Since June 3, the state government has been running special control rooms, equipped with call centre facility, across all the districts, with the objective of addressing student dropouts and offering career counseling and resources. The special control room for Madurai district has been functioning out of the office of the Chief Educational Officer (CEO) in Tallakulam. Teachers and counselors at the centre monitored and regularly followed up with the parents of the students who had dropped out or not applied for higher education, resulting in over 40 students securing admissions in arts and science colleges, ITIs and polytechnic institutions.