Chennai: The Covid-19 pandemic situation has made over five lakh students who were studying in the private schools to shift their interests to government schools in Tamilnadu.
Expresing happiness over the development, School Education Minister KA Sengottaiyan termed this as a heartening trend.
“From the migration of about 20,000 to 50,000 students to private schools in the past, there has been a steep enrollment in our schools. About 5.18 lakh students who opted out of several private schools have joined government schools,” said the Minister.
Sengottaiyan said that his department did not receive any complaints from the parents about private schools charging higher fees.
“We are ready to take necessary action against the school management if they charge higher fees,” he assured.