Friends not in favour, gradually they will support us on NEP, says Education Minister

Tamil Nadu government has been opposing the implementation of the education policy launched in 2020.

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has said that some friends are not in favour, but gradually they will support while referring to the implementation of various provisions of the National Education Policy (NEP) in the state.

Tamil Nadu government has been opposing the implementation of the education policy launched in 2020. The state government in the Madras High Court in June this year stated that NEP 2020 will be cruel and disadvantageous to the people of Tamil Nadu as the state has already achieved a Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of 51.4% as against the target of 50% proposed by 2035 in the policy.

Pradhan while speaking to reporters in Chennai said: “When we are talking about the NEP, Tamil is a national language. Education should be in the mother tongue. I don't see any reasonable opposition from anybody. Today, some friends are not in favour, gradually they will support.”

The minister also stated that Tamil Nadu has a great heritage in education. Pradhan said that the state will continue to lead the way in the framework of NEP as it has always done.

The state government is also opposing NEP as according to it, Tamil Nadu has a more rural population and tribal areas would suffer drastically. In Tamil Nadu, children may enter school at the age of five to six years with or without kindergarten training, while the NEP requires children to enter school at the age of three.

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