Union Government committed to implementing NEP: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
Following the allegations of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government of language imposition and funds not been released for the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) in Tamil Nadu, Union Education Minister Dharmendra said that the Central government is committed to implementing National Education Policy.
Dharmendra Pradhan said, “To create competition among students, to create a level-playing field, we have to come to a common platform. NEP is the new aspirational common platform. I respect all languages. This NEP, envisioned by PM Modi is giving emphasis to the mother tongue.”
He further said that though Tamil was one of the oldest languages there was nothing wrong if students in Tamil Nadu receive a multilingual education.
“Tamil is one of the oldest languages of our civilisation. But what is wrong if a student in Tamil Nadu will learn multilingual aspect in education? It can be Tamil, English and other Indian languages. There is no imposition of Hindi or any other language on them. Some friends in Tamil Nadu are doing politics. But Govt of India is committed to implementing NEP and there are certain conditions with NEP,” the Minister said.
The Education Minister further said that certain political parties were not in favor of implementing NEP due to their political interests, although education is on the concurrent list.