TN Won't Accept NEP Even If Centre Offers ₹10,000 Cr, Says CM Stalin

DOUBLING down on his attack on the Union government over the National Education Policy, Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday said he would not agree to implement it even if the centre offered to provide ₹10,000 crore to the state.

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"Acquiescing to the centre's demand for ₹2,000 crore would push the progress of the state backwards by 2,000 years," he said.

Opposition to 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 idea of social justice. Apart from encouraging a screening test for admissions to even arts and science colleges, the NEP would also allow students to discontinue their studies, he said.