Fewer takers for third language
13 years, 7 months ago

Fewer takers for third language

The Hindu  

‘Tumhara naam kya hai' asks Getsey Aishwarya Prakash, a class VII student of Zion Matriculation Higher Secondary School, in her carefully rehearsed Hindi. Aishwarya joins many other students in her tuition class who wants to learn a third language, but is not offered as part of the school curriculum. Many students take up an additional language such as French, German, Hindi and other regional languages as a value-addition or to learn their mother tongue when not taught in schools. Many other schools where students have a choice to learn a third language follow a less structured curriculum. “Now since it is only optional that students learn their mother tongue, many parents will not insist that their wards learn the language as they would not want them to study another subject,” says CMK Reddy, Chairman, Linguistic Minorities Forum of Tamil Nadu.

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Want to lecture us on hate? Spare us: Stalin hits back at UP CM Adityanath over delimitation, three-language row
5 days, 22 hours ago

Want to lecture us on hate? Spare us: Stalin hits back at UP CM Adityanath over delimitation, three-language row

Live Mint  

After Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had criticised Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on the three-language row, the latter hit back on Thursday by saying, “We don’t oppose any language; we oppose imposition and chauvinism.” Adityanath, while speaking to ANI, on Wednesday had called the row “narrow politics” and said that Stalin was trying to create divisions based …

BJP's Annamalai slams DMK, claims Hindi was a ‘compulsory’ third language under UPA
1 week, 2 days ago

BJP's Annamalai slams DMK, claims Hindi was a ‘compulsory’ third language under UPA

Hindustan Times  

BJP Tamil Nadu president K Annamalai on Sunday hit out at the ruling DMK and claimed that Hindi was a “compulsory” third language during the Congress-led UPA regime. Annamalai claimed despite ruling Tamil Nadu for many years, the DMK never made Tamil medium of instruction compulsory His remarks come amid the ongoing language debate in Tamil Nadu and other southern …

How NEP is reshaping language policy, assessments, pedagogy in Uttar Pradesh
2 weeks, 3 days ago

How NEP is reshaping language policy, assessments, pedagogy in Uttar Pradesh

Hindustan Times  

As the debate intensifies in Parliament over Tamil Nadu government’s opposition to National Education Policy and the three-language policy, HT explores the progress made by the Uttar Pradesh government over the past four years in implementing NEP, particularly in the context of the UP secondary education and the languages adopted to promote multilingualism. Additionally, they must opt for one more …

Is learning Hindi as a third language necessary?
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Is learning Hindi as a third language necessary?

The Hindu  

The National Education Policy, 2020, encourages students up to at least Class 5 to learn a regional language in addition to the local language or mother tongue and English. While the Central government asserts that the choice of the additional regional language is left to the States, the NEP’s strong pitch for the three-language formula has led to fear, especially …

I know 7-8 languages: Rajya Sabha MP Sudha Murty backs three-language policy
3 weeks ago

I know 7-8 languages: Rajya Sabha MP Sudha Murty backs three-language policy

India Today  

Rajya Sabha MP Sudha Murty voiced her support for multilingual learning, stating that it is beneficial to learn as many languages as possible. Addressing the ongoing uproar in Parliament over the three-language policy under the National Education Policy, she said, “I have always believed that one can learn multiple languages, and I myself know 7-8 languages. I always enjoy learning, …

Will intensify protest in Parliament against Hindi imposition: DMK MP
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Will intensify protest in Parliament against Hindi imposition: DMK MP

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP Dayanidhi Maran said on Monday that his party will intensify its protest in Parliament against the Centre’s move to impose ‘Hindi’ in Tamil Nadu. He told this paper that Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan is trying to cover up the ‘NEET exam fiasco’ by bringing up the three-language policy in Tamil Nadu. Maran also …

World discussing multilingualism, where are we trapped: Education Minister Pradhan on three-language row
3 weeks, 1 day ago

World discussing multilingualism, where are we trapped: Education Minister Pradhan on three-language row

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Combative Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday lashed out at the opposition amid a raging controversy around the three-language formula in the National Education Policy, saying at a time when “the world is discussing multilingualism, where are we trapped?” Replying to a discussion on the functioning of his ministry in the Rajya Sabha, Pradhan said, “The DMK’s latest …

We do not want to create translators, says T.N. School Education Minister
3 weeks, 3 days ago

We do not want to create translators, says T.N. School Education Minister

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu government does not want to create translators and would rather sculpt students into scholars and scientists, School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said on Saturday. Mr. Mahesh spoke to reporters after distributing awards to teachers at a private college in Tiruchengode, here, regarding the three-language policy and about funds not being released by the Union government. In …

The student and the three language debate
4 weeks, 2 days ago

The student and the three language debate

The Hindu  

In the rhetoric of partisan politics surrounding the three language formula, unsurprisingly, the most important stakeholder has been forgotten: the student. The critical question is this: is learning three languages essential to enable a child from a public school to compete with other more privileged candidates in the job market and become a productive, value-adding citizen? Fourth, it is not …

Tamil Nadu Governor’s Charges Refuted
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1 month ago

Tamil Nadu Governor’s Charges Refuted

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Governor R N Ravi’s allegation that the southern part of the State felt like a neglected backyard despite the region having a huge potential for industrialization came in for attack from the State Law Minister S Regupathy, who challenged the Governor to explain on what aspect the State was backward. Ravi’s message on X after interacting with leaders from …

What's the need to learn Hindi? DMK's Kanimozhi on three-language policy row
1 month ago

What's the need to learn Hindi? DMK's Kanimozhi on three-language policy row

India Today  

Senior Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader and Lok Sabha MP Kanimozhi reiterated her party's stand on the contentious issue of three-language policy implementation in Tamil Nadu, wondering why it is necessary to learn Hindi. Centre withheld Rs 5,000 crore in funds meant for Tamil Nadu, after we refused to implement the National Education Policy, which mandates a three-language policy," she added. …

Anbumani flays T.N. govt for delay in making Tamil a compulsory subject in schools
1 month ago

Anbumani flays T.N. govt for delay in making Tamil a compulsory subject in schools

The Hindu  

Pattali Makkal Katchi president Anbumani Ramadoss on Thursday slammed the Tamil Nadu government for failing to take steps to make Tamil a compulsory subject and the medium of instruction in schools across the State. In a statement, he said to protect its mother tongue, the Telangana government had recently announced that learning Telugu would be made compulsory for students from …

Tamil Nadu BJP hits back at DMK amid row over NEP's three language policy
1 month, 1 week ago

Tamil Nadu BJP hits back at DMK amid row over NEP's three language policy

Deccan Chronicle  

Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party president K Annamalai accused certain political parties of making "unnecessary controversy" and trying to divide the country on the basis of language, taking a veiled jibe at Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, which has alleged that the union government is trying to impose Hindi over non-hindi speaking states. So people should study more languages," he told ANI …

Tamil Nadu rejects three-language policy, calls it backdoor attempt to enforce NEP
1 month, 1 week ago

Tamil Nadu rejects three-language policy, calls it backdoor attempt to enforce NEP

New Indian Express  

TIRUCHY: Mentioning the three-language policy a “backdoor entry” attempt to enforce the National Education Policy, Minister for School Education Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi on Friday said Tamil Nadu will never fall victim to such Union government schemes. Reacting to Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan’s letter written in reply to Chief Minister MK Stalin, Poyyamozhi said, “The minister while acknowledging the …

Private schools in Tamil Nadu welcome move to have Tamil as additional compulsory subject
1 year, 10 months ago

Private schools in Tamil Nadu welcome move to have Tamil as additional compulsory subject

The Hindu  

The recent Government Order from the Directorate of Private Schools, to offer Tamil as an additional compulsory subject for students in classes IX and X who have not opted for the language, has brought relief to many private schools, students and parents. “The move to have Tamil as an additional compulsory subject, and have a test based on it should …

Tamil compulsory additional language in classes 9, 10 in all private schools in Tamil Nadu
1 year, 10 months ago

Tamil compulsory additional language in classes 9, 10 in all private schools in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Director of Private Schools has announced that students in classes 9 and 10 in all private schools affiliated to various boards, except the State board, who have not opted for Tamil as one of the languages as a part of their respective board exam requirements, will have to be mandatorily taught Tamil as an additional compulsory language …

English taught in Hindi, Telugu in govt schools
2 years, 4 months ago

English taught in Hindi, Telugu in govt schools

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Bilingual textbooks introduced in government schools to promote English-medium teaching from the current academic year are being ignored, with even English being taught in Hindi or Telugu in government schools, sources said. Teachers are also not very attentive to students as the there is no children-focused learning but performance-based learning in government schools,” said S. Sundar, a government school …

English taught in Hindi, Telugu in government schools
2 years, 4 months ago

English taught in Hindi, Telugu in government schools

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Bilingual textbooks introduced in government schools to promote English-medium teaching from the current academic year are being ignored, with even English being taught in Hindi or Telugu in government schools, sources said. Teachers are also not very attentive to students as the there is no children-focused learning but performance-based learning in government schools,” said S. Sundar, a government school …

Telugu subject compulsory for class 1 to 10 of CBSE, ICSE, IB schools in Telangana
2 years, 9 months ago

Telugu subject compulsory for class 1 to 10 of CBSE, ICSE, IB schools in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana government has mandated Telugu as second language for students of CBSE, ICSE, IB and other board-affiliated schools from Class 1 to 10 beginning this academic year. A circular to this effect was issued recently by the School Education Department, which comes as part of the state government's implementation of the Telangana Act 2018 in a phased manner …

'What Harm In Teaching Hindi As A Third Language?' Madras High Court Asks Tamil Nadu Government In Plea For NEP Implementation
3 years, 2 months ago

'What Harm In Teaching Hindi As A Third Language?' Madras High Court Asks Tamil Nadu Government In Plea For NEP Implementation

Live Law  

In a plea filed for implementation of National Education Policy, 2020 in the State of Tamil Nadu, Madras High Court has orally observed that it wouldn't be harmful if Hindi is taught in educational institutions as a third language, along with Tamil and English. The bench was hearing a public interest litigation filed by Arjunan ELayaraja seeking directions for the …

Policy lessons in Tamil Nadu’s language formula
4 years, 6 months ago

Policy lessons in Tamil Nadu’s language formula

The Hindu  

The New Education Policy misses the vital empirical evidence of Tamil Nadu following a language formula that is distinctly at variance with that of Delhi for the past 50 years and yet achieving significant positive social and economic changes. The American example he cited during a parliamentary debate is worth mentioning: “When USA emerged as a nation only 20% of …

Denying Students Option to Learn Hindi Amounts to Modern-day Untouchability, Says Tamil Nadu BJP Chief
4 years, 7 months ago

Denying Students Option to Learn Hindi Amounts to Modern-day Untouchability, Says Tamil Nadu BJP Chief

News 18  

BJP Tamil Nadu chief L Murugan on Saturday took potshots at DMK President M K Stalin for his opposition to the three-language formula suggested in the Centre's National Education Policy 2020, asking why government school students should be 'discriminated' from learning Hindi. The NEP's three-language formula, which includes Hindi, had found opposition in Tamil Nadu, with the ruling AIADMK making …

Language of unity: on rejection of the three-language formula
4 years, 7 months ago

Language of unity: on rejection of the three-language formula

The Hindu  

By rejecting the three-language formula advocated in the National Education Policy, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami has only reiterated the State’s unwavering position on an emotive and political issue. Opposition from the State had last year forced the Centre to amend the draft NEP and withdraw a proposal to teach Hindi as a third language in schools in …

Tamil Nadu rejects three-language formula in new NEP, will follow existing two-language policy
4 years, 7 months ago

Tamil Nadu rejects three-language formula in new NEP, will follow existing two-language policy

Firstpost  

Teaching the mother tongue or regional language upto Class 5 and lowering the stakes of board exams are part of the new reforms of the NEP unveiled last week **Chennai:**Strongly backing Tamil Nadu’s decades-old two-language policy, the ruling AIADMK in the state on Monday rejected the Centre’s three-language formula proposed in the new National Education Policy 2020 and said there …

Hindi 'imposition' debate: Schools can play key role in promoting integration through 3-language formula
5 years, 6 months ago

Hindi 'imposition' debate: Schools can play key role in promoting integration through 3-language formula

Firstpost  

The language debate has again assumed significance in the light of remarks made by Home Minister Amit Shah. The constitutional position on the issue is straightforward and is found in Article 343, which states that the official language of the Union should be Hindi in the Devanagari script, along with English. States ideally should have had sole authority in determining …

Hindi or English, comparing apples and oranges
5 years, 9 months ago

Hindi or English, comparing apples and oranges

The Hindu  

True to their well-earned reputation, the people of Tamil Nadu have once again stood up against attempts to ‘promote’ Hindi in non-Hindi States. The three-language formula under the draft National Education Policy, now modified, stipulated mother tongue and English compulsory everywhere till class X, and Hindi in non-Hindi States and non-Hindi languages in Hindi States to be taught. One might …

Make Tamil an optional language for study in other states: CM Edappadi Palaniswami
5 years, 9 months ago

Make Tamil an optional language for study in other states: CM Edappadi Palaniswami

India Today  

The decision to implement the three-language proposal in non-Hindi speaking states received huge backlash from south Indian states, after which the Centre dropped the provision. With the outrage mainly being sparked in Tamil Nadu, CM Edappadi K Palaniswami tweeted his desire, requesting PM Narendra Modi to include Tamil as an optional language for study in other states, adding it would …

Crisis defused: on Hindi imposition
5 years, 9 months ago

Crisis defused: on Hindi imposition

The Hindu  

The Centre has moved quickly to defuse a potentially volatile controversy over the charge of Hindi imposition. The reference in the newly unveiled draft National Education Policy to mandatory teaching of Hindi in all States was withdrawn following an outcry from political leaders in Tamil Nadu, a State that is quite sensitive to any hint of ‘Hindi imposition’ by the …

Centre removes mandatory Hindi from draft education policy after TN protests
5 years, 9 months ago

Centre removes mandatory Hindi from draft education policy after TN protests

The Hindu  

The clause recommending mandatory Hindi teaching in all schools was dropped from the draft National Education Policy on Monday, after the Union government faced an intense backlash from Tamil Nadu, as well as protests from some other States. So we thought the other formulation removes any misunderstanding and assuages feelings in the affected States.” Since the original draft was released …

Government respects all languages, no language will be imposed: MEA S Jaishankar on Education Policy draft
5 years, 9 months ago

Government respects all languages, no language will be imposed: MEA S Jaishankar on Education Policy draft

India TV News  

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar sought calm raging sentiments on National Education Policy draft and said that government respects all languages and that no language will be imposed on anybody. In his tweet, he said that the education policy is still in the draft stage and suggestions from people will be obtained and state government will also be consulted before …

Tamil Nadu language row: Prakash Javadekar clarifies no decision taken over teaching Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states
5 years, 10 months ago

Tamil Nadu language row: Prakash Javadekar clarifies no decision taken over teaching Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states

Firstpost  

The draft of the new National Education Policy, proposed by the panel constituted by Javadekar when he was HRD minister in the previous Modi government, had suggested teaching of Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states. New Delhi: In the wake of a controversy over the recommendation of an HRD Ministry panel to teach Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states, Union minister Prakash …

‘Hindi imposition’: Tamil Nadu Opposition parties cry foul over draft National Education Policy
5 years, 10 months ago

‘Hindi imposition’: Tamil Nadu Opposition parties cry foul over draft National Education Policy

The Hindu  

Parties in Tamil Nadu including the DMK on June 1 strongly opposed the continuation of the three-language formula proposed in the draft National Education Policy 2019 alleging it was tantamount to “thrusting” Hindi. The recommendations, the DMK said rather than lifting the standards of education has led to doubts that it had “ulterior motives” like imposition of Hindi on non-Hindi …

Language row erupts in Tamil Nadu as draft education policy proposing three-language formula faces political parties' ire
5 years, 10 months ago

Language row erupts in Tamil Nadu as draft education policy proposing three-language formula faces political parties' ire

Firstpost  

Leaders cutting across party lines said Tamil Nadu has a history on the language issue and would not tolerate any imposition. Chennai: A controversy broke out in Tamil Nadu on Saturday over the new Draft Education Policy of the government at the Centre that has recommended a three-language formula with political parties opposing “imposition” of Hindi in the state. DMK …

National Education Policy: Kamal Hasan, Kanimozhi oppose 'imposition' of Hindi
5 years, 10 months ago

National Education Policy: Kamal Hasan, Kanimozhi oppose 'imposition' of Hindi

India TV News  

Opposition parties in Tamil Nadu on Saturday opposed the three-language formula for schools in the state, as stated in the draft national education policy presented by K. Kasturirangan Committee to the central government. The Kasturirangan Committee has recommended teaching of Hindi, English and one regional language in the non-Hindi states. For Hindi-speaking states, the committee has recommended teaching of Hindi, …

Tamil Nadu parties against imposition of Hindi
5 years, 10 months ago

Tamil Nadu parties against imposition of Hindi

The Quint  

Makkal Needhi Maiam party chief Kamal Haasan. Chennai, June 1 Opposition parties in Tamil Nadu on Saturday opposed the three-language formula for schools in the state, as stated in the draft national education policy presented by K. Kasturirangan Committee to the central government. S. Ramadoss, founder of the Pattali Makkal Katchi, said Hindi should not be imposed in Tamil Nadu. …

New education policy to focus on mother tongue
6 years, 11 months ago

New education policy to focus on mother tongue

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The committee drafting the new education policy for 2018 has been granted yet another extension, this time until June 2018, bringing the number of extensions to four thus far. Therefore, the policy should concentrate on keeping subjects separate.’’ Under the present system, students can choose second language other than English after Class 8. Most schools provide the option of …

SC refuses plea to make Hindi compulsory in school
7 years, 10 months ago

SC refuses plea to make Hindi compulsory in school

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a plea to make Hindi language compulsory for school students to promote national unity. Khehar said making Hindi compulsory might open the flood gates for people speaking other languages to demand that theirs should also be made compulsory. The plea said the three-language formula provided for the study of Hindi, English and …

How an Ill-Equipped Tamil Nadu Is Imposing Tamil on Its Schools
9 years, 1 month ago

How an Ill-Equipped Tamil Nadu Is Imposing Tamil on Its Schools

The Quint  

When grade 10 students in Tamil Nadu schools take their final examinations this year, some of them will have an added worry – a compulsory Tamil test – imposed by an executive order of the state government in 2014. With linguistic minorities in the state – who have since got a temporary exemption from the tests – crying foul, questions …

The politics of language: Only-Kannada policy of Karnataka is a gift to private school cartels
10 years ago

The politics of language: Only-Kannada policy of Karnataka is a gift to private school cartels

Firstpost  

The politics of language in schools is back yet again — this time in Karnataka. The state government on Tuesday amended the Right To Education Act to make Kannada the mandatory medium of instruction from classes one to five. Through another bill, the Kannada Language Learning Bill, the government has also made learning Kannada mandatory from classes one to ten. …

Hindi is still a thorn in Tamil Nadu's flesh
10 years, 3 months ago

Hindi is still a thorn in Tamil Nadu's flesh

The Hindu  

Last week, the political scene in Tamil Nadu saw a churning with the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, led by Vaiko, walking out of the National Democratic Alliance. Among the reasons Mr. Vaiko gave for his decision was “a consistent effort by the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government to impose the culture of the North on Tamil Nadu.” In particular was the …

Tamil to be made compulsory in TN schools
10 years, 6 months ago

Tamil to be made compulsory in TN schools

The Hindu  

Tamil will be a compulsory subject in schools affiliated to various boards of education in the State from the next academic year. However, the government order exempts Kendriya Vidyalayas, Sainik schools and Navodaya Vidyalayas which come under the “specified category” as per the Right to Education Act. A school education department official said that the order would include CBSE, ICSE …

‘Implement Tamil Learning Act’
10 years, 9 months ago

‘Implement Tamil Learning Act’

The Hindu  

Activists and academicians came together on Monday to raise a pitch for implementing the Tamil Learning Act, 2006, under which Tamil is a compulsory language under Part I for schools following the Samacheer Kalvi syllabus. “It has been gradual and not sudden and the department issued letters to schools asking them to implement the Act,” he said, adding that the …

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