• P. PushpaLatha
• Dr.M.GloryBai

Kamaraj who reached the zenith of his life through hardwork was born at Viruthunagar on 15th july 1903 as the son of Kumaraswamy Nadar and Sivakami Ammal. His original name was Kamatshi. He had his early education in the government primary school during his 5th year and during 6th year. Kamaraj felt the indispensability of education towards the socio economic welfare of the society. To remove the ignorance of people he made education compulsory up to the age of eleven. To help the poor students free education free uniform and noon meal were introduced. This gave a golden opportunity to all the poor children to become literate. Since the funds for education were insufficient he proposed to collect donations from well-wishers and common people. For this purpose alone Kamaraj held 133 conference and was able to collect six crores and 47 lakhs of rupees as donation. The whole amount was dedicated to the growth of education .In addition to this two medical colleges and two engineering colleges were started by him. Poor students who had their education in medical colleges engineering colleges and agricultural colleges were offered loans without interest for their education . Because of his efforts towards the improvement of educating among poor people. Kamaraj was praised to be Kalvikanthiranthavar

Growth OF Education under Kamaraj Ministry

"Growth OF Education under Kamaraj Ministry", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.638-641, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906S30.pdf

"Growth OF Education under Kamaraj Ministry", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp638-641, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906S30.pdf