TIRUCHY: Chief Minister M K Stalin inaugurated a government model school campus constructed at a cost of Rs 57.47 crore on 3.20 hectares of land on the Government Polytechnic College campus in Thuvakudi on Thursday. The model school had been functioning temporarily near Ammapettai since 2021.
“I had said that the model schools I visited during my trip to Delhi in 2022 would be established in Tamil Nadu, and we have established 38 model schools, one per district, in the state,” Stalin said.
Accordingly, permanent infrastructure was built and the first building has been opened in Thuvakudi, the chief minister said in a post on X.
“These model schools have come up in such a manner that they have turned heads even in Delhi,” Stalin said, adding that about 977 students who studied in these schools are now pursuing higher education in premier institutions in the country and also abroad.
“We will strive to increase this number,” Stalin said and lauded the school education department and Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi for making government schools a symbol of pride.
Apart from the school and hostels, the CM also unveiled a statue of Tiruvalluvar on the campus and interacted with the students. “The chief minister asked about me and my family. He then wished me a bright future,” K Kalaivani, a student, told reporters.
The school aims to prepare government school students for national-level entrance examinations such as JEE and help them secure admissions to premier higher educational institutions.
The school complex houses two four-storey hostels. The infrastructure includes 22 classrooms, separate science and computer labs, a library, multipurpose hall, first-aid room, office rooms, six rest rooms for men and women, accessible toilets for differently-abled students, and RO drinking water facilities.
Chief Minister Stalin landed at the Tiruchy airport at 11.30 am and arrived directly to the school. He was welcomed by the school’s students with flowers. Ministers K N Nehru, Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi and S Regupathy, Rajya Sabha member Tiruchy Siva and Lok Sabha member Durai Vaiko welcomed him at the airport.
Principal Secretary for School Education B Chandra Mohan and District Collector M Pradeep Kumar accompanied the CM within the school premises.