Tamil Nadu chief minister (CM) M K Stalin on Tuesday announced the formation of a 13-member panel — headed by former Delhi high court chief justice D Murugesan — for framing state’s new education policy, said an official on Wednesday.
According to a statement issued by chief minister’s office, the new policy will highlight the ancient culture of Tamil Nadu, its present position and future objectives.
Chess grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand, musician and activist T M Krishna and former vice-chancellor of Saveetha University L Jawaharnesan are among the 13 members. The panel will give its recommendations to frame the new education policy within a year, said the CM.
Previously, Stalin had spoken about the state education policy while rejecting the National Education Policy (NEP) saying it was anti-Tamil language.
The state had also opposed many aspects of the NEP, including conducting the common entrance examinations for all the courses under the University Grants Commission (UGC), introduction of a three-language formula, and conducting common exams for Classes 3, 5, and 8
The state government had announced the formulation of panel during the budget session and the announcement of its members was made on Tuesday.
{{/usCountry}}The state government had announced the formulation of panel during the budget session and the announcement of its members was made on Tuesday.
{{/usCountry}}Stalin had also vehemently opposed the National Eligibility cum Entrance (NEET) Test for medical examination and the state assembly had also passed a bill removing NEET as an examination for admission into medical colleges in the state.
The other members of the expert panel include retired professor from the Institute of Mathematical Science R Ramanujam; state planning commission members Sultan Ismail and R Sreenivasan;former education specialist with the UNICEF Aruna Ratnam; Tamil writer S Ramakrishnan; educationists Tulsidas and S Madasamy; headmaster of Government Panchayat Union Middle School, Kichankuppam, Nagapattinam district, R Balu; and Jayashree Damodaran from Agaram Foundation.
Before Tamil Nadu, Kerala government in 2020 had also asked the state’s education department to examine NEP and bring state education policy.