10 TN tribal students secure admission in NIT, top institutes

SIX tribal students from schools run by the Tamil Nadu tribal welfare department and four from private institutions have secured admissions in premier institutions such as the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchy (NIT-T), National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), and National Law University (NLU), this year.

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Even as only three of the six rounds of Joint Seat Allocation (JSA) counselling have been completed so far, five tribal students from Tiruchy district one from a government school and four others from private institutions have already secured seats at NIT-T. The lot includes four girls. Sources from the institution said it is for the first time that these many students from tribal communities in Tiruchy have got into the institution during the first three rounds of counselling.