Chapter VII Social Facilities
Chapter VII Social Facilities is CMDA master plan guidance covering education and health facilities in the CMA region. It projects requirements for schools and hospital beds through 2026 and recommends better spatial distribution, periodic reviews and additional specialised institutions, but it does not identify individual properties or impose plot-specific requirements.
What the guidance covers
Chapter VII Social Facilities, issued by CMDA as part of its master plan guidance, reviews school education, higher education and health services in the CMA region. It describes existing conditions, identifies government and private stakeholders, projects future requirements and sets out planning strategies.
The chapter does not identify land parcels, reserve specific sites or state development approval conditions. Property buyers and owners can use it to understand the broad locations and types of social infrastructure that planning agencies were encouraged to consider.
Education planning
The education assessment uses literacy, enrolment, dropout and pupil to teacher information for Chennai City, Kancheepuram District and Thiruvallur District. Its school projections assume that school-going age groups will stabilise at stated shares of the population.
Projected school requirements for 2026 are:
- 1,885 primary schools.
- 1,305 upper primary schools.
- 1,165 high schools.
- 621 higher secondary schools.
The education strategies recommend:
- Using the master plan projections in five-year and annual plans.
- Deciding the respective roles of government and public sectors in opening schools.
- Ensuring that schools are spatially distributed according to standards.
- Reducing dropout rates and increasing enrolment, especially among girls.
- Regularly recruiting trained teachers and providing periodic training.
- Reviewing demand for higher education institutions at least once every 10 years.
- Assessing specialised institutions that could be supported by the metropolis.
- Planning a business school in Chennai like the IIM and a separate automobile engineering college.
Health planning
The health assessment covers public and private services, Indian systems of medicine, medical education and specialist care. It notes that CMA facilities also serve people from elsewhere in Tamil Nadu, adjoining states, other parts of India and foreign countries.
The health projection assumes one hospital bed for every 500 people. It estimates a requirement of 25,100 beds in 2026.
The health strategies call for:
- A detailed study of infrastructure, access for poor people, spatial accessibility, future demand, private sector contributions and government modernisation.
- Reviewing the health infrastructure position every 10 years.
- Providing more higher order and specialty hospitals in the rest of CMA, where the majority of the population was expected to live during the plan period.
- Locating complementary colleges in the rest of CMA for health sector human resource development.
Relevance to property decisions
Chapter VII Social Facilities signals broad priorities for future schools, hospitals and specialised institutions. It does not name a particular property as affected, so any site-specific implication would need to come from other planning material.
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Common questions
Does Chapter VII Social Facilities reserve my land for a school or hospital?
The supplied chapter does not identify individual sites or reserve particular properties. It gives regional projections and broad planning strategies for education and health facilities.
How many schools does the guidance project will be required by 2026?
The projections are 1,885 primary schools, 1,305 upper primary schools, 1,165 high schools and 621 higher secondary schools.
What hospital capacity is projected for 2026?
The chapter assumes one bed for every 500 people and projects that 25,100 beds will be required in 2026.
Where does the guidance recommend more specialty hospitals?
It recommends that the Government and government agencies concentrate on providing more higher order and specialty hospitals in the rest of CMA, along with complementary colleges.
