Department of Higher Education Department of Collegiate Education Government of Tamilnadu, Chennai
The Directorate of Collegiate Education was carved out of the erstwhile Directorate of Public Instruction in 1965 with a view to administering exclusively the Collegiate Education. Tamil Nadu enjoys the privilege of being one of the most developed states in the Country in the field of Higher Education. 27 Universities are functioning in Tamilnadu and of these 12 Universities are getting their Block Grants from the Government of Tamilnadu through the Directorate of Collegiate Education. Presently 1553 colleges are working under the administrative control of the Directorate of Collegiate Education as detailed below
In the Head office, the Director is assisted by two Joint Directors of Collegiate Education viz., Joint Director of Collegiate Education (Finance) who is in charge of the works relating to the Aided colleges in the State, and the Joint Director of Collegiate Education (Planning & Development) who is in charge of the works relating to the Government Constituent Colleges in the State. The Financial Adviser and the Chief Accounts Officer and the Senior Accounts Officer in the Directorate assist the Director in the Budgetary control and other financial-related matters. A Legal cell headed by a Law Officer is also functioning in the Directorate which deals with the court cases relating to the department. 8 Regional Offices located in Chennai, Vellore, Coimbatore, Trichy, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Dharmapuri, and Thanajur are functioning under administrative control of the Directorate of Collegiate Education A Joint Director of Collegiate Education heads each Regional office. A Joint Director of Collegiate Education heads each Regional office. The Regional offices attend to the works relating to the Aided colleges in the respective regions like the release of monthly salary grants, approval of appointments, auditing of accounts, etc.
