CTET: TN parties slam removal of Tamil

  • | Monday | 18th June, 2018

Removing Tamil from the list means that the Centre wants to make the whole country a Hindi-Sanskrit nation.”Meanwhile, minister of human resource development Prakash Javadekar denied the reports that Tamil and 16 other languages had been removed from the CTET options list. "Teachers who want to be employed in central schools like Kendriya Vidyalaya need to clear the CTET . He said teachers could still write the test in these languages. CHENNAI: Political parties in Tamil Nadu on Monday condemned the alleged removal of Tamil and 16 other languages from the list of options for the Central Teacher Eligibility Test.In a statement, PMK founder S Ramadoss said the Centre had removed Tamil from the list only to impose Hindi and Sanskrit on the state. Removing Tamil from the list of options and making teachers write the exam in Hindi, Sanskrit and English prove that the Centre is trying to impose Sanskrit and Hindi on the state," said Ramadoss.In a statement, Dravida Kazhagam chief K Veeramani said, “Only 0.006% of the population knows Sanskrit.

CHENNAI: Political parties in Tamil Nadu on Monday condemned the alleged removal of Tamil and 16 other languages from the list of options for the Central Teacher Eligibility Test.In a statement, PMK founder S Ramadoss said the Centre had removed Tamil from the list only to impose Hindi and Sanskrit on the state."Teachers who want to be employed in central schools like Kendriya Vidyalaya need to clear the CTET . Removing Tamil from the list of options and making teachers write the exam in Hindi, Sanskrit and English prove that the Centre is trying to impose Sanskrit and Hindi on the state," said Ramadoss.In a statement, Dravida Kazhagam chief K Veeramani said, “Only 0.006% of the population knows Sanskrit. Removing Tamil from the list means that the Centre wants to make the whole country a Hindi-Sanskrit nation.”Meanwhile, minister of human resource development Prakash Javadekar denied the reports that Tamil and 16 other languages had been removed from the CTET options list. He said teachers could still write the test in these languages.

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