TN Guv Perfecting Trojan Horse Art

The BJP, even before reading it fully, started the first attack by saying it is anti-Hindu.

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I don't mind the BJP rejecting it. What I'm worried about is the status of the report? Why is the press not asking the government what happened to it? It looks like the 680-page report is going to serve only academic purposes. Hence, I have printed the report and am circulating it.

One of the reasons for non-implementation is teachers are so powerful and they didn't want to be inconvenienced in any way. Then there is the bureaucracy. The government is run by the bureaucracy and nothing happens without them. The government has, in fact, not even responded to say whether it accepts the recommendations in full or in part.

It (the report) will remain as it is unless you have the political leadership. On the other hand, there are knee-jerk reactions. When one Mahavishnu gave a controversial lecture in a government school, the government issued guidelines saying schools should invite only those from a list approved by the government.

● Is the state government trying to use Justice K Chandru's one-man committees as tools to assuage public anger and delay effective responses to the problems? At least I got the opportunity to study the issue and document it in detail in an official sense. If I was not part of the committee, no officer will ever reply to me.

When you look at the report, you will find what has happened in the last 50 years in the educational sphere. What is wrong with the teachers, what is wrong with teachers' training... Whether the government implements it or not, a record is available. To that extent, I am satisfied.

The government is torn between different forces. Take the case of renaming Kallar reclamation schools in Madurai, Theni and Dindigul. The purpose for which these schools were established is gone now. We are not reducing the aid to these schools. However, there is political opposition.