'3 Language Formula Of NEP 2020 Would Hurt Sentiments, Won't Implement It': Tamil Nadu CM

The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reconsider the three-language policy and allow states to implement their own policy on the subject.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami. Photo: PTI

NEP 2020: After the government released the new education policy there has been a lot of debate and discussion and today Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami has expressed anguish over the 3-language formula in NEP 2020. ALSO READ|New Education System Aims to Promote Regional Languages Rather Than Impose: Prakash Javadekar Palaniswami has said that the three-language policy as envisioned in the National Education Policy 2020 would hurt sentiments in a state that has rallied against the imposition of languages in the past. The Tamil Nadu CM has categorically said that the state will continue to follow the two language policy. “We are saddened by the three-language formula introduced by the central government in National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Our state is already following two-language policy (of Tamil and English) for decades and there will be no changes in it,” Palaniswami said after chairing a cabinet meeting in Chennai. “I request Prime Minister to pay heed to the unanimous demand of the people of Tamil Nadu to reconsider the three language policy and allow states to make a decision as per their own policy,” he further said. ALSO READ|NEP 2020 To Boost Quality And Scope Of Education, Industry Welcomes The Bold Move The MK Stalin-led Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and many Opposition parties in Tamil Nadu have opposed the new education policy and want a review of the sweeping reforms it has proposed. The anguish is on the grounds that the policy allegedly imposes Hindi and Sanskrit. Centre won't impose any language on any state: Education Minister The Centre will not impose any language on any state, Union Minister for Education Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank clarified through a tweet in Tamil to former union minister from the state Pon Radhakrishnanfrom the state, Pon Radhakrishnan, on Sunday. Puducherry CM opposes NEP 2020 Puducherry chief minister V Narayanasamy has also termed the NEP as “chaotic” and said it has several unanswered questions. He claimed that the policy has no specific and clear direction on promoting employment and has also not clarified whether the financial responsibility to implement it would fall on the state governments. “What is relevant for northern States cannot be taken as suitable for the southern states,” Narayanasamy said. Charging the Centre with seeking to “impose” Sanskrit through NEP, he also said it was fomenting ‘confusion’.