National Education Policy: Union Minister lied that Tamil Nadu Govt has not communicated anything in writing !

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A press conference was held on 27th at IIT located in Chittoor Sri City. Speaking at the meeting, Union Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar said, “Tamil Nadu government has expressed some contradictions regarding the National Education Policy. The Tamil Nadu government has started to understand this policy. We are ready to discuss with the Tamil Nadu government regarding this. The Tamil Nadu government has not communicated anything in writing about the new education policy,” he said.

What is the truth?

On June 17, 2021, the Public Relations Department of the Tamil Nadu Government issued a press release while searching for the truth about what the Union Minister said. The report has a detailed list of petitions containing various demands including the development plans of Tamil Nadu submitted by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K.Stalin when he met the Prime Minister in New Delhi.

In this 5-page list, serial number 9 (page 3), the heading of schooling education states “The National Education Policy should be revoked”.

As per this list, in the petition given by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu to the Prime Minister, pages 64 to 67 mention about school education i.e. the National Education Policy. It has been mentioned that “National Education Policy 2020 should be revoked”.

Conclusion

The statement by the Union Minister that the Tamil Nadu government has not communicated anything in writing regarding the National Education Policy is false. It is known that the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu has submitted a written request to the Prime Minister to revoke the new education policy in 2021.

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