Will not accept NEP even if centre offers 10,000 cr to TN, says Stalin

DOUBLING down on his attack on the centre over the National Education Policy, Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday said he would not agree to implement it even if the centre offered to provide ₹10,000 crore to the state. "Acquiescing to the centre's demand for ₹2,000 crore would push the progress of the state backwards by 2,000 years," he said.

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Opposition to NEP was not merely due to the attempt to impose Hindi but also because of factors that would have adverse consequences for students' future and social justice, he said. Besides encouraging a screening test for admissions to even arts and science colleges, the NEP would also allow students to discontinue their studies, he said. "Allowing students to discontinue studies is akin to asking them not to study," Stalin said during an event organised by the Parents-Teachers Association in Vriddachalam.

"The union government's economic survey acknowledges TN's progress in education, but the centre withheld ₹2,152 crore meant for the welfare of 43 lakh students because we rejected the NEP," he said.