Will not implement NEP even if INR 10,000 crore offered to TN, says CM Stalin
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said he would not agree to implement National Education Policy even if the Centre offered to provide INR 10,000 crore.
FILE - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin (PTI PHOTO)
- CUDDALORE (TAMIL
NADU) — Continuing his tirade against the Centre over the
National Education Policy, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday
said he would not agree to implement it even if the Centre offered to provide
INR 10,000 crore in funds to the state.
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- The opposition to the NEP was not merely due to the
attempt to impose Hindi but also because of various other factors that would
have serious consequences for the future of students and the social justice
system, he claimed.
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- Apart from encouraging a screening test for admissions to
even arts and science colleges, similar to the National Eligibility cum
Entrance Test (NEET) for medical courses, the NEP would allow students to
discontinue their studies.
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- "Permitting students to discontinue studies is akin
to asking them not to study," Stalin said, addressing an event organised
by the Parents-Teachers Association here.
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- "We are not opposed to any language but will remain
firm in opposing its imposition. We are not opposing the NEP only for the
attempt to thrust Hindi but for several other reasons as well. The NEP is
regressive. It will drive students away from schools," Stalin claimed.
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- Apart from 'denying' financial aid to SC/ST and BC
students, which is now being provided, the NEP proposed public exams for third,
fifth, and eighth standards, besides introducing a common entrance test for
admissions to arts and science colleges, the Chief Minister said.
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- "The Centre says Tamil Nadu will get INR 2,000 crore
if the state implements the NEP. I wish to say that we will not agree to the
NEP even if the Centre offers INR 10,000 crore. I will not allow the NEP and
commit the sin of pushing Tamil Nadu backward by 2,000 years," Stalin
said.
