NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, MARCH 17
Pattali Makkal Katchi founder S. Ramadoss urged the Tamil Nadu government to take stringent action against CBSE schools which are refusing to teach Tamil here on Monday.
In a statement issued here, Dr. Ramadoss said the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) of not making Tamil a compulsory subject its affiliated schools in the state.
The CBSE schools running by private institutions and trusts are using loopholes in the law that mandates Tamil should be taught compulsorily.
“It is big challenge to ensure that CBSE schools teach Tamil language compulsorily. State Board schools teach Tamil compulsorily until class X and 90% of Matriculation schools, save for certain language minority schools, teach Tamil as a compulsory language. While the Government Order to this effect was passed in September 2014, 90% of CBSE schools have not followed the law. The Tamil Nadu government should not take a kind view towards these schools,” the statement said.
He further said that Tamil should be made a compulsory subject in schools following ICSE and Cambridge board syllabuses too.
“The Kerala government has made it clear that schools that refuse to teach Malayalam will be given two warnings before their recognition is cancelled. They also give financial aid to schools that teach Malayalam at the same time,” Dr. Ramadoss adds.
