Chennai: Linguistic Minorities Forum of Tamilnadu (LIMFOT) has appreciated the Union government for bringing in New Educational Policy in the country, which is long over due.
“This takes into consideration the changed global social and educational scenario, comprehensive intellectual development of children, employment opportunities and the aspiration of linguistic minorities living in every State in this free country,” it said in a release here.
“We are very happy to note, it emphasises the need to learn three or more languages in initial stages of schooling and the freedom of parents to choose them, of course besides English and main local language of the State. It also
makes clear that facilities to learn all classical languages of our country such as Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Pali, Persian and Prakrit, should be provided in every state, so that any student interested may pursue them,” it added.
Education being a concurrent subject, we earnestly appeal the Tamilnadu government to accept and implement the provisions of the New Policy in the right spirit, which would help not only over 30 per cent of linguistic minorities living in TN, but also our Tamil brothers and sisters living in other States of India, respecting National integration, LIMFOT added.