Tamil Nadu govt school girls head to Taiwan for UG courses
Jayashree Perumal will become the first graduate in her family once she completes the course. (Left) Avalsindu G Jeyalakshmi and Jayashree Perumal CHENNAI: In a first, two government students from Tamil Nadu, one of them is a daughter of daily-wage labourers, have been selected to pursue undergraduate degrees in Taiwan with full scholarship offered by the East Asian country. While Jayashree Perumal of Pannandur village in Krishnagiri will study mechanical engineering, Avalsindu G Jeyalakshmi of Chennai plans to pursue a course in international business. Jayashree Perumal will become the first graduate in her family once she completes the course. Her parents work as casual labourers in Pannandur village and she completed her Class 10 at the local government high school. “After completing Class 10, I moved to a government higher secondary school in Krishnagiri four to five km away. I scored 576 out of 600 in Class 12 in March 2022. Since I wanted to clear Joint Entrance Examination (JEE...