Preliminary assessment of the Pudhumai Penn scheme
November 20 , 2024 16 hrs 0 min 21 0
A preliminary assessment of the Pudhumai Penn scheme was carried out by the State Planning Commission (SPC) of Tamilnadu.
13,681 additional students benefited from the initiative and joined colleges and institutions offering diploma courses in 2022 and 2023.
It was representing a percentage increase of 6.9.
Among them, 38.6% were from the Scheduled Castes (SC), 34.4% from the Most Backward Classes (MBC), and 24.8%, from the Backward Classes (BC).
Salem had the highest college enrolment at 8.9%, followed by Chennai at 5.8%; Dharmapuri 5.5%; Tiruvannamalai 5.2%; Namakkal 4.8%; and Cuddalore at 4.1%.
The number of scheme’s beneficiaries at the end of 2023 was 2,30,820.
Salem district had the highest number of students who benefited, accounting for 17,032 (7.38%) students.
Namakkal had followed with 13,312 (5.77%); Dharmapuri with 11,915 (5.16%); Chennai 11,468 (4.97%); Tiruvannamalai 11,146 (4.83%); and Coimbatore 10,777 (4.67%).