Coimbatore :

N Arul Murugan, city’s new chief educational officer is more than a former government school teacher. While he spends all day attending to administrative matters of the school education department, the officer likes to dedicate some time every weekend to write poetry.

Murugan assumed office on Thursday morning, taking charge from his predecessor A Gnana Gowri. As Gowri was transferred to Salem as the chief educational officer (CEO), Murugan has moved from Pudukkottai.

The 43-year-old officer has published three of his poetry books and two prose books till now. Murugan, who has completed his PhD in Tamil Grammar from Annamalai University, also likes to know about archaeological findings. “While I write literature, I love to read about archaeological findings, and related matters,” said Arul Murugan.

A native of Karur, Murugan started his career as a secondary grade Tamil teacher in a government-aided school in Karur in 1992. In 2002, Murugan became a government school teacher, and then in 2009, he successfully cleared the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission exam, and became an officer of the school education department. A batch mate of the former CEO Gnana Gowri, Arul Murugan started his service in the school education department as the district education officer, Kanniyakumari.

Arul Murugan, however, said that Coimbatore is a developed district when it comes to school education. “I personally like Coimbatore, both as a city to live in and as an educational district. My aim is to further improve the enrolment in government and government aided schools,” he said.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Coimbatore / by Adarsh Jain, TNN / June 05th, 2015