Hindi Education Policy

In a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, NESO called for immediate withdrawal of the “unfavorable policy”, suggesting that indigenous languages should be made compulsory in their native states till Class 10, while Hindi should remain an optional or elective subject.

Dr Chandra Dev Yadav, head of department of Hindi at the university, said that it's a matter of policy and the decision is not in their hands.

The Tamil Nadu government was firm on following two-language policy--of Tamil and English-- in the state and will not go back on it, Chief Minister E Palaniswami said on Wednesday.

Hindi Divas 2020: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said India's linguistic diversity is its strength as well as a symbol of unity and the new education policy provides for parallel development of Hindi and other Indian languages.

Home Minister Amit Shah said India's linguistic diversity is its strength as well as a symbol of unity and the new education policy provides for parallel development of Hindi and other Indian languages.

The NEP's three-language formula, which includes Hindi, had found opposition in Tamil Nadu, with the ruling AIADMK making it clear that the existing two-language policy (English and Tamil) will continue in the state.

DMK MP Kanimozhi said on Wednesday that equating knowledge of Hindi with nationalism was "shameful" and expressed concern that it had already edged out languages in establishing one's identity

The smoldering politics over language, fanned by the debate over the new education policy, found a new flashpoint on Sunday when DMK MP Kanimozhi shared a recent unpleasant experience at the airport. The Tuticorin MP said a security officer at the airport asked her if she was "an Indian" because she said she didn't know Hindi and asked the officer ...

The three-language formula in the new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is "painful and saddening", said Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, as he vowed not to implement the new policy.

Stepping up his attack against the Centre's new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, DMK President MK Stalin on Saturday said it was an attempt at "imposition" of Hindi and Sanskrit, and vowed to fight against it by joining hands with like-minded political parties and Chief Ministers of other states.

Kamal Haasan had also spoken out against the draft education policy at the time, saying that although he had acted in Hindi movies no one should impose the earning of a language, which should be a personal choice

Eminent scientist and academician Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan on Wednesday denied that his team had come under any kind of pressure while drafting the new education policy, specifically over a three-language formula that many political parties claim is a means to forcibly impose Hindi on southern states.

The Hindi language issue flared up last week after a draft version of the National Education Policy (NEP), prepared by former ISRO chief Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, was criticised by southern states who claimed it forced Hindi on school students

The centre's move to revise the draft National Education Policy 2019 on whether Hindi should be a compulsory third language in schools was seen as a response to the strong objection from states that do not have Hindi as the state language.

DMK president MK Stalin alleged on Monday that the centre's move on dropping the clause on compulsory Hindi learning in the draft National Education Policy was aimed at deceiving Tamil Nadu and demanded an explanation over it.

In a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, NESO called for immediate withdrawal of the “unfavorable policy”, suggesting that indigenous languages should be made compulsory in their native states till Class 10, while Hindi should remain an optional or elective subject.

Dr Chandra Dev Yadav, head of department of Hindi at the university, said that it's a matter of policy and the decision is not in their hands.

The Tamil Nadu government was firm on following two-language policy--of Tamil and English-- in the state and will not go back on it, Chief Minister E Palaniswami said on Wednesday.

Hindi Divas 2020: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said India's linguistic diversity is its strength as well as a symbol of unity and the new education policy provides for parallel development of Hindi and other Indian languages.

Home Minister Amit Shah said India's linguistic diversity is its strength as well as a symbol of unity and the new education policy provides for parallel development of Hindi and other Indian languages.

The NEP's three-language formula, which includes Hindi, had found opposition in Tamil Nadu, with the ruling AIADMK making it clear that the existing two-language policy (English and Tamil) will continue in the state.

DMK MP Kanimozhi said on Wednesday that equating knowledge of Hindi with nationalism was "shameful" and expressed concern that it had already edged out languages in establishing one's identity

The smoldering politics over language, fanned by the debate over the new education policy, found a new flashpoint on Sunday when DMK MP Kanimozhi shared a recent unpleasant experience at the airport. The Tuticorin MP said a security officer at the airport asked her if she was "an Indian" because she said she didn't know Hindi and asked the officer ...

The three-language formula in the new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is "painful and saddening", said Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, as he vowed not to implement the new policy.

Stepping up his attack against the Centre's new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, DMK President MK Stalin on Saturday said it was an attempt at "imposition" of Hindi and Sanskrit, and vowed to fight against it by joining hands with like-minded political parties and Chief Ministers of other states.

Kamal Haasan had also spoken out against the draft education policy at the time, saying that although he had acted in Hindi movies no one should impose the earning of a language, which should be a personal choice

Eminent scientist and academician Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan on Wednesday denied that his team had come under any kind of pressure while drafting the new education policy, specifically over a three-language formula that many political parties claim is a means to forcibly impose Hindi on southern states.

The Hindi language issue flared up last week after a draft version of the National Education Policy (NEP), prepared by former ISRO chief Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, was criticised by southern states who claimed it forced Hindi on school students

The centre's move to revise the draft National Education Policy 2019 on whether Hindi should be a compulsory third language in schools was seen as a response to the strong objection from states that do not have Hindi as the state language.

DMK president MK Stalin alleged on Monday that the centre's move on dropping the clause on compulsory Hindi learning in the draft National Education Policy was aimed at deceiving Tamil Nadu and demanded an explanation over it.