NEP

March 31, 2025 2:11 PM

Education system is being Indianised: Maha CM Fadnavis says Sonia Gandhi should support NEP

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday lauded the New Education Policy (NEP), saying that it represents the "Indianisation" of India's education system. His statement comes in response to criticism from Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi, who accused the Centre of pushing its "three core agendas—centralisation, commercialisation, and communalisation" through the NEP in an opinion piece published in The Hindu. Reacting to this, CM Fadnavis said...

March 10, 2025 4:39 PM

Dharmendra Pradhan defends NEP, questions Tamil Nadu’s opposition to language policy

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday questioned the Tamil Nadu government's staunch opposition to the National Education Policy (NEP), defending the Centre's position on the policy and the PM Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) scheme. Speaking outside Parliament, Pradhan said, "The Government of India recently held discussions with the Tamil Nadu government, and a compromise was found. If Tamil Nadu agrees, we have no objection to providing them PM SHRI allocations. In Tamil Na...

February 21, 2025 2:18 PM

NEP not imposing Hindi in Tamil Nadu: Dharmendra Pradhan after Stalin’s letter to PM Modi

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday strongly criticized Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin's letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of raising "imaginary concerns" driven by political motivations. Addressing a press conference, Pradhan emphasized that the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is not imposing any language on a state. "One point I want to re-emphasize is that the NEP is not recommending imposition of any language on the respective students of a state. That ...