Union Schooling Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday asserted that the New Schooling Coverage wouldn’t impose Hindi on states and Tamil Nadu’s opposition had “political causes” behind it.
“We’ve by no means mentioned in NEP 2020 that solely Hindi can be there; we’ve got solely mentioned that schooling can be based mostly on mom tongue, in Tamil Nadu, it is going to be Tamil,” Pradhan instructed reporters right here.
The feedback by the Schooling Minister come amid a tiff between the Tamil Nadu authorities and the Centre over the implementation of NEP and the three-language coverage.
“I don’t need to reply to the political ambitions of few folks. NEP 2020 is targeted on completely different languages of India, be it Hindi, Tamil, Odia, or Punjabi. All of the languages have equal significance. In Tamil Nadu, few are opposing due to politics,” Pradhan mentioned.
Earlier at an occasion marking the 126th Basis Day of Hindu Faculty at Delhi College, Union Schooling Minister Dharmendra Pradhan reiterated the Centre’s stance on the three-language coverage below the Nationwide Schooling Coverage (NEP) 2020, emphasizing its function in employment and nationwide integration.
“The three-language coverage must be adopted within the nation,” Pradhan mentioned. “Contemplating the present social and financial circumstances, the nation requires a system the place anybody from any area can discover employment. This necessity, preserving in thoughts the social, cultural and financial wants, has been emphasised by specialists and so they counsel that the trilingual components for schooling is a helpful system.”
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