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Draft State Education Policy of Tamil Nadu 2024
July 4 , 2024
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- A draft of the state education policy has been in the making in Tamil Nadu in opposition to the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020.
- It has been submitted to the government by the Justice Murugesan-led panel.
- Tamil Nadu continues its dual-language policy of Tamil and English as the medium of instruction and to abolish public examinations for class 3, 5, and 8.
- It has recommended against conducting entrance examination of any kind for admission to all higher education courses
- The consolidated marks obtained both in Class XI and Class XII board examinations should be the basis for admission to all courses in higher education.
- The State-aided schools in Tamil Nadu should be treated on a par with the government schools.
- The panel has recommended “banning” coaching centres run parallelly to schools/colleges by individuals/corporate companies in Tamil Nadu either physically and virtually.
- The government should act on by creating a regulatory body with appropriate powers to control coaching centres.
- There is a need to bring all private higher educational institutions under the ambit of a single Act irrespective of discipline.
- The panel also called for amendments in the 1976 Act to streamline the collection of fees for arts and science courses run by private management.
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