<span style="color: #222222;">Tamil Nadu state education department has decided to go back to the system of four principal subjects in Plus-One and Plus-Two.<br />''<br />''It is in vogue for long but the department recently issued an order stating that from the next academic year, the system of three principal subjects along with the mandatory two language papers will be implemented to reduce the book load for students.<br />''<br />''However, a section of the parents and political parties opposed the move saying it will block the students who could not get admission in medicine the opportunity to opt engineering.<br />''<br />''For example, currently, there is a subject-group having maths, physics, chemistry and biology, and the students have the option to go for either engineering or medicine after they finish Plus-Two.<br />''<br />''Faced with the stiff opposition, the state government has issued another order overruling the previous one to restore the current pattern of having four principal subjects.</span><br />