A former Vice-Chancellor of Anna University in Chennai has lashed out at Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, for the latter's comments on the three-language formula proposed in the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020. In a letter to EPS, E Balagurusamy said, "My fellow academicians and myself read your views on the three-language formula proposed in the NEP 2020 with a heavy heart and anguish." Saying that he was "shocked and disappointed" with the statement, he added that it was "saddening and painful."
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The National Education Policy 2020, which was recently released, emphasized on educational institutions implementing a three-language formula. Responding to it last week, EPS had said that he was disappointed over the union government's move and reiterated that the two-language policy will continue to be followed in schools in the state.
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"Is it the people of Tamil Nadu or the politicians who are opposing the idea without an iota of knowledge about its consequences. Ours is the only state in the country that has been denying its students an opportunity to learn any other Indian language other than Tamil for more than five decades now. I am one of those who were badly affected by the two-language formula," Balaguruswamy wrote. He argued that by favoring the two-language formula, poor and rural students in government schools were being deprived of learning additional languages while the rich and urban were joining central and private schools to learn Hindi.