Let us learn Tamil and also teach others.

Let us learn Tamil and also teach others.

Good books like good friends are to be selected, because they have to satisfy our interests and our needs. You find the necessary information, inspiration and enlightenment only in such books The Tamil Nadu state government’s move to launch online Tamil text books has found an unexpected audience among NRIs.


For the help of Indians living abroad, and the people interested in learning Tamil, we are giving herewith the web sites URL for teaching Tamil to their children and those who do not well versed with Tamil can also benefit by these web sites.

The website has posted around 348 textbooks of Classes I to XII and 44 more will be added soon. Three textbooks for students of Class X matriculation stream and nine for Class X Anglo Indian stream are among the many study materials available.

“My children were born in Lagos in Nigeria. Getting Tamil teaching material is a bit difficult. So whenever we used to come to Tamil Nadu, we used to ask our kids to read cartoon strips from Tamil magazines. Now, my children find it easier to learn Tamil by logging on to the website,” said Chidambaresan, who left Coimbatore 15 years ago.

We are giving herewith the web sites URL for those interested in learning and teaching Tamil to their children. Those who do not well versed with Tamil can also benefit by these web sites.

1. http://www.textbooksonline.tn.nic.in/Std1.htm

2. http://www.textbooksonline.tn.nic.in/

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