Chennai:
The Linguistic Minorities Discussion board of Tamil Nadu (LIMFOT) on Wednesday wrote to Chief Minister MK Stalin to implement the Nationwide Academic Coverage (NEP 2020) and pave the best way for the three-language system at school schooling within the State.
Chairman of the Linguistic Minorities Discussion board of Tamil Nadu CMK Reddy that implementing the three-language system is important for accommodating the minority language at school schooling.
“Nowhere it’s talked about within the NEP 2020 that both Hindi, or Sanskrit or every other language is obligatory. The one factor is each state is suggested to have three languages so that it’s going to accommodate the minority language moreover the principle state language and English. That is what they need. If the scholars whose mom tongue is Hindi, they’ll study it. The mom tongue must be within the syllabus. That’s what the Supreme Court docket mentioned,” Mr Reddy mentioned.
Mr Stalin on Sunday slammed Union Minister for Training Dharmendra Pradhan for his remarks that Tamil Nadu must come to phrases with the Indian Structure when reacting to Tamil Nadu’s authorities’s stance in opposition to implementing the language coverage of the NEP.
“Which part of the Indian Structure is making the three-language coverage necessary? Can the [Union] Training Minister level out?” Mr Stalin mentioned in a submit on X.
Earlier, Union Minister of State for Ministry of Data and Broadcasting L Murugan got here out in defence of Union Training Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
“The Nationwide Training Coverage (NEP) was not applied in a single day; it has come into impact after 40 years of deliberation. Contemplating the worldwide aggressive panorama, it’s our duty to arrange our youth to fulfill international challenges. Moreover, the New Training Coverage encourages analysis and promotes pupil participation in educational developments. The NEP is designed to encourage schooling in a single’s mom tongue, emphasizing that youngsters ought to examine of their native language,” he instructed reporters.
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