(a) whether the Government has received any request from Tamil Nadu State Government to implement the two language policy in the State; and
(b) if so the details thereof and the Government’s reaction in this regard?
(a) whether the Government has received any request from Tamil Nadu State Government to implement the two language policy in the State; and
(b) if so the details thereof and the Government’s reaction in this regard?
MINISTER OF EDUCATION
(SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL ‘NISHANK’)
(a)& (b) Yes, Sir.The Three Language Formula as adopted in the National Policy on Education, 1968 and reiterated in the National Policy on Education 1986/92,is being continued in the New National Education Policy, 2020 with flexibility in the choice of languagesand without imposingany language in any state.The New National Education Policy, 2020, announced by the Government, clearly provides that therewillbeagreaterflexibilityinthethree-languageformula,andnolanguagewillbeimposedonanyState.ThethreelanguageslearnedbychildrenwillbethechoicesofStates,regions,andthestudentsthemselves.
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