Tamil not taught at Kendriya Vidyalayas, says Tiruchi Siva
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DMK Rajya Sabha member Tiruchi Siva has written to Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan on the difficulty of Tamil not being taught at Kendriya Vidyalayas in Tamil Nadu.
In the letter, he mentioned not too long ago the CBSE had uploaded textbooks for Kendriya Vidyalaya college students of Class 1-10 for being downloaded. But Tamil was not listed as a topic. There have been solely textbooks for English, Hindi, Mathematics, Sanskrit, Science and Social Science.
Mr. Siva mentioned he had raised the difficulty in Parliament and in addition written to the then Education Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal, who had assured him of motion. The CBSE’s motion ran counter to the reassurance, he mentioned.
Mr. Siva identified that the CBSE allowed college students of Class 11-12 to decide on elective topics like Applied Mathematics, as an alternative of the second language, which is their mom tongue. In the true spirit of federalism, the Minister ought to make Tamil a obligatory topic at Kendriya Vidyalayas and different CBSE faculties this educational 12 months itself.
Jawahirullah’s plea
Manithaneya Makkal Katchi president M.H. Jawahirullah mentioned on Friday that Kendriya Vidyalayas within the State ought to instantly appoint Tamil lecturers and provides desire to the educating of Tamil. In an announcement, he mentioned he was shocked to notice {that a} scholar needed to research solely Sanskrit to get promoted to Class VII from Class VI.
Optional topic
“Since 2013-14, Tamil has been taught as an optional subject at Kendriya Vidyalayas. But it has come to light that the Kendriya Vidyalayas have said Tamil cannot be taught,” he mentioned.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks about the greatness of Semmozhi Tamil, but the Central government has passed an order not to teach Tamil at Kendriya Vidyalayas,” he mentioned.
According to him, the salaries of Hindi and Sanskrit lecturers at the Union government-run faculties in Tamil Nadu have been being paid by the State authorities.
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