The students, who landed at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport last night, claimed they were stranded for around six hours at the airport due to some issue about the return ticket fares with the airline they travelled in.
They also said that some authorities at the airport took longer time for checking their documents.
"I asked the airline officials and also authorities to first allow the students to leave the airport. I told them they have already faced problems in the US. After I took up the matter, the students were allowed to leave the airport," Mahmood Ali told PTI.
He said that some parents complained to him about the authorities taking a long time in checking the documents of the students.
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"Despite having all the necessary documents in order, we have been sent back... We are trying to know the exact reasons," one of the students told a TV channel.
Another student said, "We have already spent Rs 3-4 lakh and now after being sent back it is financial loss for us".
On December 21 last year, Air India had stopped 19 students from boarding its flight to San Francisco at the international airport here on the grounds that the two universities to which they had been admitted were under "scrutiny".
The AI also cited the plight of 14 students who had travelled to San Francisco after enrolling in two universities and were deported.
However, the universities namely Silicon Valley in San Jose, California and North Western Polytechnic College in Fremont, California had denied reports of them being "blacklisted" by the US government.
on educating their children in English medium, the state government commenced English medium sections in elementary education from 2012-13.
"This initiative witnessed a great response from the parents and enrolment in English medium classes has increased considerably. So far, 3,32,590 children have been enrolled in English medium sections," he said, adding primary school teachers are trained every year in teaching through English language."
"The improvement in enrolment and performance in English in State Level Achievement Survey prove that English medium in government schools is not just a pretentious claim but really a paramount achievement due to the efforts of the Tamil Nadu Government," he said.