Centre pushing regressive views in syllabus: TN Chief Minister

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin said bringing education back to the state list will serve as the best solution for this. 

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has expressed concern over education continuing to remain in the concurrent list and alleged that the Central government exercised its powers to “push its regressive views in syllabus”. 

He said bringing education back to the state list will serve as the best solution for this. “It’s a concern that the Centre is exercising its powers to use education to thrust its regressive views. Bringing education back to the state list will be the best solution to stop this,” the Chief Minister said. 

‘VCs should instil scientific temper in students’ 

The Vice-Chancellors, the Chief Minister said, played a crucial role in shaping the functioning and quality of education. They should strive to foster scientific temper among the students. Reminding that the Vice-Chancellors have a big responsibility to impart education that will equip the students for jobs, Stalin emphasised on imparting skill-based education and training in the curriculum. 

Student-teacher ratio at 17:1 in Tamil Nadu 

"This is the reason why I had launched the Naan Mudhalvan (skill development scheme)," he said. The Chief Minister took pride in saying Tamil Nadu's gross enrolment ratio in higher education stood at 51.4 per cent, which is far above the national average of 27.1 per cent. "This is Tamil Nadu's unique achievement. The gross enrolment ratio (GER) is almost double the national average and in the state, we have a student-teacher ratio of 17:1,” he said. 

The Chief Minister said there were 1,553 colleges in the state. About 52 government and private universities have been ranked among the top 100 varsities in the National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020-21.  

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