<P> The school system in Chennai consists of an array of structured systems . Children typically start school (junior or lower kindergarten) at the age of three, progressing to senior or upper kindergarten followed by twelve years of study . Class 10 and class 12 involve taking public examinations conducted by various accreditation boards . Most of the schools are accredited to Tamil Nadu State Board . </P> <P> Chennai schools fall into two administrative categories - government schools called as corporation schools, and privately run schools . Private schools fall under the following categories: schools with central board syllabus, schools with state board syllabus, schools with matriculation syllabus, schools with Anglo Indian syllabus and schools with Oriental syllabus . In private managed state board syllabus schools there are two categories: self - financing and government aided schools . In some government aided schools a few sections may also be self - financing . From the academic year of 2011, the Government of Tamil Nadu has brought in "Samachiyar Kalvi" syllabus to replace Anglo Indian, state, Oriental and matriculation modes of education . Now only the following syllabi are available in Tamil Nadu: Samachyar Kalvi, CBSE, ICSE and IGCSE . </P> <P> Most private schools are English medium (medium of instruction is English) while the government run schools are primarily Tamil medium . The dhls run by the central government have a dual medium of instruction - English and Hindi . </P>

List of government aided schools in north chennai