Tamil Nadu government to fund education of orphaned siblings of Erode

Chennai

In a noble gesture, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Tuesday announced that the state government would bear the educational expenses of an orphaned girl and her brother hailing from Kaalithimbam village near Sathyamangalam in Erode district.

This followed telecast of a news in a private TV channel in which the girl, Sivaranjani, said she had discontinued her B.A course in the Coimbatore Government Arts College and joined the 100 days rural employment guarantee scheme following the death of her parents to enable her brother Hariprashanth to purse his education.

The girl had also requested the state government to help her by offering a government job or in continuing her collegiate education.

Stating that he had seen the TV interview of the girl on Sunday, Palaniswami, in a statement here said, the government, which always cared for the welfare of the poor and the downtrodden sections by following the path laid down by late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, would take steps to ensure that the girl continued to pursue her B.A course in the Coimbatore Government Arts College and help her brother in pursuing his education at Thalavadi school. He said the government would bear the entire educational expenses of the duo and that an order has been passed to this effect.

The girl, responding to the Chief Minister’s gesture, thanked the government for rendering the necessary help.