Union Minister of Education, Dharmendra Pradhan has written a letter to Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M K Stalin mentioning that the central government is committed to ensuring that every child in the country has access to the transformative benefits of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.

In the letter, the Union Minister highlighted that tens of lakhs of students from the state of Tamil Nadu have benefited from the Samagra Shiksha Scheme. The Minister emphasized that NEP 2020 fully supports the idea of teaching Tamil in the schools of Tamil Nadu. Mr Pradhan also mentioned that Tamil is one of the world’s oldest classical languages and the oldest in India and it is a matter of national pride.

The Minister also touched upon issues regarding the MoU for the PM SHRI Scheme but despite repeated requests, Tamil Nadu has not yet signed the MoU for PM SHRI. He said, Tamil Nadu’s ongoing implementation of the Samagra Shiksha Scheme aligned with the NEP 2020 and it is important that the state also embraces the PM SHRI Scheme to further enhance the quality of education and set a benchmark for government schools in the region.