New Delhi, Mar 24:
Union Minister of State for Education Jayant Chaudhary on Monday said the National Education Policy (NEP) does not impose one language, including Hindi, on any state, rather it “explicitly promotes multilingualism”.
Responding to supplementary questions in Lok Sabha during the Question Hour, the minister noted that while Tamil Nadu has expressed some objection to the NEP 2020, the central government has released Rs 538 crore to the state under the Samagra Shiksha, a flagship central school education programme.
“It is up to the state to follow established procedure and protocol in terms of expenditure, in terms of provision of UC (utilisation certificate) for further release,” Chaudhary said.
The minister said there was “absolutely no imposition of any language.”
“The three languages, as proposed in the NEP, align with the two-language formula… There is complete flexibility. There is no imposition of any language, including Hindi. It is up to the state to implement in toto.”