# Implement programmes for the education of minorities

- ID: P02-C-02#1
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p02-c-02-1 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p02-c-02-1)
- Pillar: 2. Dignified Life and Social Security
- Section: C. Minority Welfare
- Manifesto page: 20
- Stage: First steps (Work started, a pilot, or a small start)
- Last recorded: 13 Oct 2026
- Data licence: CC BY-NC 4.0. Curated commitments, translations, evidence links and stage analysis compiled by Sollum Seyalum (https://sollumseyalum.web.app).

## Promised in the manifesto

Programmes for minority education will be implemented.

## Where it stands

First steps taken on 13 Oct 2026.

The government began work on minority education programmes by extending the overseas scholarship application deadline for Muslim students.

**So far:** Extension of the overseas scholarship application deadline for Muslim minority students

**Not yet seen:** Programmes for other minority groups and broader educational initiatives remain to be seen.

_Summary written by AI from the documents below, with figures checked against them._

## Documents behind this

- 13 Oct 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 22730: The deadline to apply for the overseas scholarship for Muslim minority students has been extended to 09.11.2026. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR_-_P.R.NO.838_-__Directorate_of_Minorities_Welfare_Press_Release_-_Date_-_13.10.2026.pdf))

> Sources are government releases, budget papers and orders. They show what the government says it will do or has done. They are claims, not independent confirmation. "Nothing recorded" means nothing in our sources, not that nothing was done.