Referring to the occasion of a pupil of Bihar-origin who aced the Class 10 Tamil examination within the southern state this yr, Union Training Minister Dharmendra Pradhan mentioned that her story is an eye-opener for “those that are attempting to create divisions on the idea of language”.
Pradhan was talking at an occasion on Monday to launch a Bharatiya Bhasha Summer season Camp, which is being held in authorities colleges this summer season to reveal youngsters to the educational of Indian languages. He additionally launched studying materials equivalent to primers and particular modules in Indian languages. He devoted the occasion to D Jiya Kumari, the coed from Bihar who scored 93 out of 100 within the Tamil examination of the Tamil Nadu state board.
“We’ve got seen this within the newspaper lately. She was born in Bihar, and her father moved to Chennai to earn a dwelling 17 years in the past. His three daughters have now learnt Tamil in class. Jiya Kumari scored 93 out of 100 in Tamil and 467 out of 500 total,” Pradhan mentioned.
Pradhan’s assertion comes within the wake of a conflict between the Centre and Tamil Nadu over the State’s refusal to implement facets of the Nationwide Training Coverage 2020, together with the three-language coverage. The State, which follows a two-language coverage and teaches English and Tamil in colleges, has thought of the three-language coverage to be an try and impose Hindi.
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