Department of School Education (Tamil Nadu)

Department of School Education of State of Tamil Nadu
Agency overview
Formed	1999
Jurisdiction	Tamil Nadu
Headquarters	Chennai
Minister responsible	, Minister for School Education
Agency executive	Thirumathi D Sabitha IAS ^[1], Principal Secretary to Government to the Government
Website	http://www.tn.gov.in/departments/sed.html http://www.tn.gov.in/schooleducation/ http://www.tnschools.gov.in/

The Department of School Education of state of Tamil Nadu is one of the Department of Government of Tamil Nadu

History

1826 - Board of Public Instructions established
1841 - First High School opened in Madras
1849 - High Schools for Girls Opened
1854 - Directorate of Public Instruction established
1892 - Madras Educational Rules enforced
1910 - Board of Secondary Education established
1911 - SSLC Public Examination conducted for the first time
1921 - Madras Elementary Educational Rules enforced
1924 - Compulsory and Free Education introduced in some selected places
1953 - Directorate of Legal Studies established
1955 - Pension Scheme for Teachers introduced
1956 - Midday-meal programmes implemented
1957 - Directorate of Technical Education established
1960 - Scheme for Free supply of Uniforms for School Children organised
1964 - Introduction of Free Education up to high school level
1965 - Directorate of Collegiate Education established
1969 - Tamil Nadu Text-book Society established
1972 - Directorate of Public Libraries established
1973 - Directorate of Government Examinations and SCERT established
1976 - Directorate of Non-formal and Adult Education established
1978 - Higher Secondary Education (10+2) introduced
1981 - Teachers in Panchayat Union Schools become Government Employees
1982 - Nutrition Meal Scheme introduced
1985 - Free Supply of Text Books and Uniforms up to VIII Standard extended.
1986 - Directorate of Elementary Education established. Implementation of National Policy on Education, Teachers in Municipal/Township/Corporation become Government Employees.
1988-1990: Introduction of revised syllabus based on National Policy for I -XII standards
1990: Directorate of Teacher Education Research and Training established.
1995-96: Introduction of revised syllabus for classes I-XII

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1997: The separate Department of School Education was formed in 1997, after bifurcation from the Education, Science & Technology Department under the administration of Principal Secretary to Government at Secretariat ^[3]

2001: Directorate of Matriculation School formed.^[4]

2010: Introduced Samacheer Kalvi-Tamil Nadu Uniform System of School Education through the Tamil Nadu Uniform System of School Education Act, 2010 ^[5]

Objective & Functions of the Department

The basic objective of the Department is to formulate polices, laws, regulations and various programmes based on the needs of the society now and then, for achieving the following goals of the Government in the field of School Education in Tamil Nadu.

To provide elementary schools in hamlets where there are no schools To provide free and compulsory education for all children of age group 6-14.
To eradicate dropouts.
To improve the basic amenities in schools.
To improve and enrich the syllabus.
To improve the quality of education
To eradicate illiteracy
To distribute quality textbooks at fair price in time.
To open village libraries where there is a population of 5000 and above.
To give importance to vocational training schools.
To encourage health education in schools.
To involve the parents in the management of schools to a great extent.

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Works

According to the allocation of subjects as per the Business Rules, this Department has been allocated the following items of work:^[7]

Overall administration and control of the Head of Departments functioning under School Education department
Policy formulation,
Finalisation of the annual budget relating to the schemes implemented by the heads of the Departments.
Administrative sanctions for various projects and programmes
Advice to other departments in education and training aspects

Sub-departments

Name	Website
Directorate of Elementary Education	www.tn.gov.in/dee
Directorate of The Education for All Movement and District Primary Education Programme (State Project Directorate, District Primary Education Programme & Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan)	www.ssa.tn.nic.in/AboutUs.htm
Directorate of School Education (Director headed Department of School Education)	http://www.dse.tnschools.gov.in/
Directorate of Matriculation Schools	http://tnmatricschools.com/
State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) - (Directorate of Teachers Education and Research)	http://www.tnscert.org/
Directorate of Government Examination	http://www.tn.gov.in/dge/
Directorate of Non-formal & Adult Education	http://www.tnschools.gov.in/Non-formal-and-Adult-Education.html
Directorate of Public Libraries	http://www.tnpubliclibraries.gov.in/
Directorate of Universalisation of Secondary Education Project (Directorate of Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA))	http://www.tnschools.gov.in/RASHTRIYA-MADHYAMIK-SHIKSHA-ABHIYAN.html

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Undertakings and bodies

Name	Department	Website
Tamil Nadu Textbook Corporation Limited		http://www.textbookcorp.tn.nic.in/
Teachers Recruitment Board		http://www.trb.tn.nic.in/
Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education

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Present minister

P. Palaniappan

Former ministers

Thangam Thennarasu (13.5.2006 - 15.5.2011)
S. Ve. Shanmugam (16.5.2011 - 18.1.2012)
Agri Krishnamoorthy (19.1.2012 - 26.1.2012)
N. R. Sivapathy (27.1.2012 - 27.2.2013)

References

↑ "Principal Secretary to Government". http://www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 2012-10-30. External link in |publisher= (help)
↑ "history of department". http://www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 2012-10-30. External link in |publisher= (help)
↑ "separate Department of School Education was formed" (PDF). http://www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 2012-10-30. External link in |publisher= (help)
↑ "history of department". http://www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 2012-10-30. External link in |publisher= (help)
↑ "Samacheer Kalvi" (PDF). http://www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 2012-10-30. External link in |publisher= (help)
↑ "Objective of the Department" (PDF). http://www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 2012-10-30. External link in |publisher= (help)
↑ "Works of the Department" (PDF). http://www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 2012-10-30. External link in |publisher= (help)
↑ "Sub - Departments under School Education Department". http://www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 2012-10-30. External link in |publisher= (help)
↑ "Organisations under the School Education Department" (PDF). http://www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 2012-10-30. External link in |publisher= (help)

External links

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