The Center will not impose any language on any state, said Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.
New Delhi:
The Center will not impose any language on any state through the New National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said on Sunday.
Mr. Nishank’s clarification, through a tweet in Tamil, comes in a context of opposition to the NEP in Tamil Nadu on the grounds that politics have imposed Hindi and Sanskrit.
In his tweet to former State Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan, Mr Nishank said he looked forward to the
advice of the former central minister in the implementation of the NEP in Tamil Nadu.
“I want to stress once again that the central government will not impose any language on any state,” he said.
The DMK led by MP Stalin and many opposition parties in Tamil Nadu have opposed the NEP and want a review of the sweeping reforms it has proposed.
On Saturday, the head of the DMK said the policy was an attempt to allegedly impose Hindi and Sanskrit and vowed to fight this by partnering with like-minded political parties and chief ministers of other states.
The reforms were not a new educational policy but “a shining layer on the oppressive old Manusmriti,” he said.
