T.N. firm in its opposition to National Education Policy: School Education Minister
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Tamil Nadu opposes NEP 2020, signs MoU for PM SHRI schools, focusing on state education policy and funding.
The Tamil Nadu government is firmly opposed to the National Education Policy, 2020 (NEP 2020) and there has been no change in its stance just because it has agreed to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish PM SHRI (Prime Minister Schools for Rising India) schools in the State, School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said on Saturday, March 16, 2024.
The PM SHRI scheme targets the upgradation of existing government schools, to turn them into model schools for the implementation of the NEP 2020.
“We are signing the MoU as it is being linked to funding [for the department]: not just to release the third and fourth instalments of about ₹1,200 crore this year, but also next year’s funds of ₹3,800 crore. The funds are meant for the benefit of students, and this should not politicise,” he said, in a brief interaction with reporters.
The Minister also said: “We have clearly said that a committee will be formed and that we will accept only what is required for the State as per the guidance of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin.
Mr. Poyyamozhi said he had clearly conveyed the State government’s stand on the issue to the Union Minister for Education. “Our objective is to get Education shifted to the State list, and we will work towards achieving this goal. That is why we are drawing up our own State Education Policy. We will never accept the NEP,’ he maintained.
Several principals of government and private schools in Delhi on Tuesday said the Directorate of Education (DoE) circular from a day earlier, directing schools to conduct classes in ‘hybrid’ mode, had caused confusion regarding day-to-day operations as they did not know how many students would return to school from Wednesday and how would teachers instruct in two modes — online and in person — at once. The DoE circular on Monday had also stated that the option to “exercise online mode of education, wherever available, shall vest with the students and their guardians”. Several schoolteachers also expressed confusion regarding the DoE order. A government schoolteacher said he was unsure of how to cope with the resumption of physical classes, given that the order directing government offices to ensure that 50% of the employees work from home is still in place. On Monday, the Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) had, on the orders of the Supreme Court, directed schools in Delhi-NCR to shift classes to the hybrid mode, following which the DoE had issued the circular. The court had urged the Centre’s pollution watchdog to consider restarting physical classes due to many students missing out on the mid-day meals and lacking the necessary means to attend classes online. The CAQM had, on November 20, asked schools in Delhi-NCR to shift to the online mode of teaching.
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