While Stalin accused the Centre of attempting to impose Hindi under the guise of education reforms, Pradhan hit back, saying that the Tamil Nadu CM was pushing "fabricated narrative" to hide his political failures.
Pradhan was speaking at the Study in India Edu-Diplomatic Conclave 2026 here.
On this occasion, the Chief Minister said, "Material development is not the ultimate goal of life, but it is only a means to fulfil necessities. Real and meaningful development is that which progresses while preserving its own civilisation, culture and spiritual values."
The survey notes that in the education space, progress in school and higher education has been at the back of enhanced quality and access through community engagement, effective assessments, improved accountability, and stronger alignment between education and skill requirements.
The MoU aims to strengthen multilateral cooperation in skill development, vocational education, and training, it said.
The releases include 41 books developed by the Centres of Excellence for Classical Languages under the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), along with 13 books and a Tirukkural Sign Language series brought out by the Central Institute of Classical Tamil (CICT).
Orders have been issued to organize the Bharatiya Bhasha Utsav-2025, based on the theme ‘Many Languages, One Emotion,’ under the leadership and direction of Uttar Pradesh Basic Education Minister Sandeep Singh.
Dr. Bhardwaj further informed that in alignment with the recommendations of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the CBSE would conduct two board examinations for Class X beginning in 2026.
Rejecting the New Education Policy of the BJP-led Union government in toto, the State Education Policy (SEP) released by Chief Minister MK Stalin on Friday affirms continuation of Tamil Nadu’s more than half century-old two-language formula of mother tongue Tamil and English denying any space for Hindi in state-run and aided schools.
In a bid to provide career guidance and psychosocial support among the students, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) launched two flagship initiatives for the academic session 2025-26.
