{
  "id": 8402911,
  "title": "Tamil Nadu To Establish 7 New Government Nursing Colleges, Add 660 BSc Nursing Seats Across 7 Districts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/tamil-nadu-to-establish-7-new-government-nursing-colleges-add-660-bsc",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-19T06:18:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/education/tamil-nadu-to-establish-7-new-government-nursing-colleges-add-660-bsc-nursing-seats-across-7-districts"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Tamil Nadu government is set to establish seven new government nursing colleges, adding 660 BSc Nursing seats across six districts. Health Minister Arun Rajkumar announced the initiative, which will be implemented in Namakkal, Tiruchy, Dharmapuri, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai and Tirunelveli. The colleges will each offer 100 BSc Nursing admission seats, with an additional nursing college in Coimbatore adding 60 seats, bringing the total to 660. These new admissions aim to address the state's nursing and paramedical personnel shortage, with an estimated cost of Rs 351 crore for the additional student seats.",
  "summary": "Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government will establish new nursing colleges in six districts, with an annual intake of 100 students each. The colleges, which will offer B Sc Nursing courses, will add 600 undergraduate seats annually. Key announcements by TN health minister @arunraajkg Six new government nursing colleges are being established at the government medical colleges in Namakkal, Tiruchy,…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}