“Tamil Nadu Government speaks with a forked tongue on School Language — And its students are paying the price”, Swarajyamag, February 25, 2025:
“Emotions are running high in Tamil Nadu with allegations flying thick and fast that the central (Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP) government is trying to impose Hindi in the state through its education policy (New Education Policy, or NEP, 2020). The Tamil Nadu government’s reservations against NEP 2020 are well known. But why is the issue on the front burner now?
Well, a few days back, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said in no uncertain terms that the Centre would not release close to Rs 2,500 crore under the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) scheme unless Tamil Nadu signs up for NEP 2020. And the D stocks clambered onto this issue and have been making strident noises that the Centre is up to its usual tricks.
Is their charge backed by facts? Let us see. For the record, the SSA, which treats school education holistically without segmentation from pre-nursery to Class 12, is aligned to NEP 2020. And as part of this initiative, the Centre announced in 2022 the PM SHRI scheme and decided to develop around 14,500 PM SHRI schools across India that will reflect the key features of NEP 2020 and also support the implementation of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009……”
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