Tamil Nadu: Now, the students belonging to Nagercoil, in Tamil Nadu (TN), would be able to pursue law and medicine as a career. B. Sukumar, Regional Director of IGNOU, has announced the introduction of a degree course in law, and plans to include Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) as one of the academic programmes.
Sukumar further mentioned that discussions with the apex body of Bar Council in New Delhi, to offer B.L. for the benefit of poor students, are going on. Since, Kanyakumari district has now come under Thiruvananthapuram region, for administrative reasons, the candidates from there would have to re-send their application forms to the regional office at Chekkalamukku, in Thiruvananthapuram.
As per sources, this region includes 43 study centres, with more than 5000 registered students.With an aim to encourage students to pursue higher education, the aim of the region was to enroll 2000 students every year. In addition, Kanyakumari district being included in the Thiruvananthapuram region, new courses of study will soon be offered to the students in various colleges.
