Tag: Tamil Nadu education policy
Education minister clarifies NEP 2020 doesn't impose Hindi and promotes education in the mother tongue – The Times of India
New Delhi, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday asserted that the New Education Policy would not impose Hindi on states and Tamil Nadu’s opposition had “political reasons” behind it. “We have never said in NEP 2020 that only Hindi will be there; we have only said that education will be based on mother tongue, in Tamil Nadu, it will be Tamil,” Pradhan told reporters here. The comments by the Education Minister come amid a tiff between the Tamil Nadu government and the Centre over the implementation of NEP and the three-language policy. “I don’t want to answer to the ... Read more
Tamil Nadu Retains 'No-Detention Policy' Amid Central Government's Amendment on Student Detention – Times of India
Tamil Nadu will continue to follow no-detention policy upto class 8: Education Minister Poyyamozhi CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu will continue to follow the ‘no-detention policy‘ up to class 8, Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said on Tuesday.“The Union Government’s move to allow schools to detain students in the same class (class 5 or 8) if they fail to clear exams has created a big stumbling block for children from poor families in getting educated without any hassles up to class 8,” the minister said.The central government has amended the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2010, introducing provisions ... Read more