No government school will be closed due to low enrolment: Minister Rajmohan

VELLORE Minister for School Education Rajmohan on Thursday said that the State government will not shut down even a single government school on the basis of low enrollment of students. In his inaugural address at the felicitation ceremony, organised by VIT Vellore, for headmasters of government and government-aided schools in Vellore, Ranipet, Tirupattur and Tiruvannamalai districts that secured 100 per cent pass results in Board examinations for 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26, Mr.

Rajmohan said that since the new government formed six months ago, no government school has been closed, citing low enrollment. “New teaching methods such as teaching mathematics through stories and improvements in curriculum have been introduced to boost enrolment in government schools,” he said.

G. Viswanathan, founder and chancellor, VIT, highlighted the need to set up a committee to study the impact of the Right to Education Act’s policy of ensuring pass results on overall educational quality and to examine whether the policy need to be reviewed.