Tamil to be made compulsory in TN schools
Posted on: 27/Sep/2014 2:37:14 PM
Tamil will be a compulsory subject in schools affiliated to various boards of education in the State from the next academic year.
A Government Order of September 18 has brought all schools under the purview of the Tamil Nadu Tamil Learning Act, 2006.
The Act already includes State Board and Matriculation schools. However, the government order exempts Kendriya Vidyalayas, Sainik schools and Navodaya Vidyalayas which come under the “specified category” as per the Right to Education Act.
A school education department official said that the order would include CBSE, ICSE schools and would be implemented from the next academic year in a phased manner. The schools would have to introduce Tamil for class I from 2015-16, and scale it up to class X by 2024-25, according to the order.
