Department of Higher Education (Tamil Nadu)
The Department of Higher Education of state of Tamil Nadu is one of the Department of Government of Tamil Nadu
History
- The Directorate of Technical Education was established on 14 October 1957
- The Higher Education Department was formed in 1997, after bifurcation from the Education, Science & Technology Department of Secretariat
Objective of the Department
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 Higher Education in Tamil Nadu:
- To provide Higher and Technical Education.
- To provide higher education for the youth from poor families to have an equal opportunity to pursue higher education.
- To achieve the Higher Education access rate 25% by 2020.
- To improve the infrastructure facilities in colleges.
- To improve and enrich the syllabus.
- To improve the quality of Higher Education and Technical Education
- To popularize Science and Technology among the people in General and students in particular in Urban and Rural areas in this State.
- To create Scientific temper among the students and encourage research activities in Science and Technology in this State.
Sub – Departments
| Name | Website |
| The Directorate of Collegiate Education | http://www.tndce.in/ |
| The Directorate of Technical Education | https://web.archive.org/web/20170804122107/http://www.tndte.com/ |
| Department of Archives and Historical Research | http://www.tnarchives.tn.gov.in/ |
Undertakings & Bodies
Present Minister for Higher Education
- K. P. Anbalagan
Former Minister for Higher Education
- 2011–2016
- * P. Palaniappan