‘Undue Prominence’: Tamil Nadu Minister Slams Centre Over Sanskrit Bias, Broadcasts Textbook Revisions
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Tamil Nadu faculty schooling minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi mentioned an consciousness drive will even be launched to test communal affect in faculties
Tamil Nadu faculty schooling minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi held a high-level assessment assembly with chief instructional officers from throughout the state. (Picture: @AnbilMahesh4evr)
Criticising the Centre over an alleged Sanskrit bias, Tamil Nadu faculty schooling minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi on Tuesday introduced main textbook revisions in state-run faculties.
Poyyamozhi mentioned this was determined as a result of the central authorities prioritised Sanskrit over different classical Indian languages. The revision will occur quickly and an consciousness drive will probably be launched alongside to test communal affect in faculties.
In accordance with a report revealed by India As we speak, his feedback got here after he held a high-level assessment assembly with chief instructional officers from throughout the state. In addition they echoed Chief Minister MK Stalin’s phrases from earlier within the day, when he, too, slammed the Union authorities for skewed funding favouring Sanskrit over classical languages.
“We’re already engaged on it (revision of textbooks), and an official announcement will comply with shortly,” Poyyamozhi was quoted. “Regardless of India having 5 different classical languages, solely Sanskrit is being given undue prominence. There’s a steady bias.”
Responding to considerations over communal affect, as per the report, the minister mentioned he had held a two-day brainstorming session with senior officers to seek out options.
“We’re planning to boost consciousness by means of district collectors and guarantee such influences are recognized and eliminated,” he was quoted.
‘NOTHING BUT CROCODILE TEARS’
Stalin’s feedback, in the meantime, triggered a political row. He mentioned the Centre was biased within the allocation of central funds favouring Sanskrit over different Indian classical languages, together with Tamil.
“Sanskrit will get the crores; Tamil and different South Indian languages get nothing however crocodile tears,” Stalin wrote in a publish on X, citing a media report.
The media report quoted the reply to an RTI question saying the federal government allotted Rs 2,532.59 crore between 2014-15 and 2024-25 for the promotion of Sanskrit.
In distinction, a complete of solely Rs 147.56 crore was spent on all 5 different classical Indian languages mixed – Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Odia – over the identical interval, the report acknowledged.
From Karnataka to Maharashtra and now Tamil Nadu, opposition and different regional events have opposed the alleged imposition of both Sanskrit or Hindi in class curriculum beneath the Nationwide Schooling Coverage (NEP), 2020.
The implementation of the three-language system has lately triggered a large stir in Maharashtra, the place regional events just like the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction have referred to as the ruling BJP and Centre “anti-Maharashtra” for making an attempt to impose Hindi as an alternative of Marathi in faculties.
(With company inputs)
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