Pradhan Makes Fresh Attack Amid NEP Furore
Sanjay Maurya | 12 March 2025 | Hindustan Times
Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday doubled down on his criticism of Tamil Nadu’s DMK government for opposing and not implementing the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
During the marathon seven-hour long discussion on education in the Rajya Sabha, Pradhan stated that multilingualism is the need of the hour. Highlighting the issues in Tamil Nadu, which follows the two-language formula, he said, “In Tamil Nadu in 2018-19, the number of students in Tamil medium was 54% of the total, while English medium students were 45%. In 2023-24, these numbers were 36.3% in Tamil medium and 63.4% in English medium. What is your opposition to NEP, which advocates teaching students up to Class 5 in Tamil in Tamil Nadu?” he argued…