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TN’s radical counter to NEP: Stalin releases State Education Policy, affirms continuation of two-language formula

Chennai, Aug 8 (UNI) Rejecting the New Education Policy of the BJP-led Union Government in toto, the State Education Policy (SEP) released by Chief Minister MK Stalin on Friday affirms continuation of Tamil Nadu’s more than half century-old two-language formula of mother tongue Tamil and English denying any space for Hindi in state-run and aided schools.
While the state’s policy for Higher Education is still awaited, the SEP for school education, unveiled by the Chief Minister, is a bold message of the DMK government that Tamil Nadu will follow its own path in the domain of education. Interestingly, the SEP mandates teaching Tamil as a subject from classes I to X schools at all schools including those under CBSE and ICSE or international curricula as per the Tamil Nadu Tamil Learning Act, 2006. Besides scrapping public examinations for classes 3, 5 and 8, proposed in the NEP, it has done away with the one for Plus One (11th class) which will come into effect from this academic year.
“Tamil Nadu has a distinct school of thought which negates discrimination and regressive traditions and practices. We will not allow the sneaking of anything antithetical to scientific and rational thinking. Education has to be rational, progressive and forward looking and the SEP has been designed to extend education to all,” said Stalin, speaking on the occasion, asserting “The DMK government is firm on following the two-language policy.”
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