CM Stalin twisting education reforms for political gain

There is no question of imposing any language on any state or community, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan asserted on Friday but urged not to view the National Educational Policy (NEP) with a myopic view and spin progressive reforms as a threat to sustain political narratives.

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Amid the escalating row between Tamil Nadu and the Union Government over imposition of the three-language policy, seen as a ploy to impose Hindi, the Minister had earlier reiterated that the pending arrears of Rs 2152 crore to the state under the SSA programme would not be released until it accepted the NEP and implemented the three-language policy. "I humbly appeal not to politicise education and rise above political differences," he said in a detailed rejoinder to Chief Minister MK Stalin's missive to the Prime Minister, seeking his intervention, to get the funds released immediately taking into account the interest of students.