Provide 2.5% reservation to students of govt-aided schools in medical college admissions: Anbumani

Provide 2.5% reservation to students of govt-aided schools in medical college admissions: Anbumani left Anbumani Ramadoss RAGHUNATHAN SR The Hindu RAGHUNATHAN SR Chennai, 04/04/2026: PMK President, Anbumani Ramadoss during an exclusive interview with The Hindu in Chennai on Saturday. Photo: Raghunathan SR / The Hindu Poor and disadvantaged students studying in government-aided schools are being denied social justice in admissions to medical courses, says PMK leader Chennai PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Monday demanded that the State government extend 2.5% reservation to students of government-aided schools in medical college admissions, just as government school students had been provided 7.5% reservation.

In a statement, Dr. Anbumani said that poor and disadvantaged students studying in government-aided schools were being denied social justice in admissions to medical courses. “Given that the social and economic circumstances of students in government and government-aided schools are broadly similar, the time has come to extend social justice to students of government-aided schools without affecting the interests of government school students,” he said.

Dr. Anbumani added that the State government must take appropriate steps to provide a separate 2.5% reservation to students studying in government-aided schools. “The demand to extend the same measure of social justice to students of government-aided schools has been raised consistently over the past five years. More than five years have passed since the introduction of the 7.5% reservation.

The government must also examine the extension of this reservation benefit to students of government-aided schools,” he said.