{
  "id": 8451455,
  "title": "Tamil Nadu To Set Up 7 New Government Nursing Colleges In 6 Districts, Add 660 BSc Seats",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/tamil-nadu-to-set-up-7-new-government-nursing-colleges-in-6-districts",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-19T11:18:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/education/tamil-nadu-to-set-up-7-new-government-nursing-colleges-in-6-districts-add-660-bsc-seats"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Tamil Nadu government plans to establish seven new government nursing colleges across six districts, adding 660 undergraduate seats in B Sc Nursing courses annually, according to a September 16 government order. The new colleges will be set up in Namakkal, Tiruchirappalli, Dharmapuri, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, and Tirunelveli, with a seventh college of 60 seats planned for Coimbatore Government Medical College and ESI Hospital. This will bring the total number of new B Sc Nursing seats to 660, fulfilling Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay's announcement in the Assembly. The state will spend Rs 270.26 crore for the project, with the Tamil Nadu Dr M G R Medical University bearing the cost. Existing facilities at the medical colleges will be used to accommodate the new intake for the current academic year. The CM had highlighted the lack of new government nursing colleges since 2014 and the need for additional student admissions to produce qualified nursing, pharmacy, and paramedical personnel. The proposed manpower will be engaged on a temporary basis only, without creating permanent posts or additional pensionary or continuing liabilities for the government. Earlier this month, the state government also issued a notification to fill 4,724 nursing vacancies across the state on a contractual basis.",
  "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. According to a government order issued on September 16, the six nursing colleges will be established in Namakkal, Tiruchirappalli, Dharmapuri, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai and…",
  "key_points": [
    "Tamil Nadu to establish 7 new government nursing colleges in 6 districts.",
    "Colleges to add 660 BSc Nursing seats annually.",
    "Project cost Rs 270.26 crore, funded by Tamil Nadu Dr M G R Medical University."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}