CHENNAI: In a bid to debunk BJP’s argument that Hindi is being taught in CBSE schools run by some DMK leaders, party president Chief Minister M K Stalin stated that the union government’s education policy is to be blamed for the situation and not any individual, irrespective of their political alignment.
In the seventh part of his letter series in party organ Murasoli, Stalin said that anybody, whether attached to a political party or not, can run a school by obtaining the necessary permissions. “On this basis, a number of DMK functionaries are running state board as well CBSE schools. If Hindi is being taught in these private CBSE schools, the union government’s education policy is the reason,” he said.
“There are thousands of private state board schools as well, where three-language policy has not been implemented and Hindi is not taught compulsorily,” he added.
Pointing to the emerging AI landscape, the CM said that using such technology, one can easily translate between languages. “Learning these technologies will be beneficial for students, while learning language after language will be a burden on them,” he said.
He further said, “Gandhi believed that people in the south should learn Hindi and those in the north should learn any of the southern languages, so that the unity of the nation would be strengthened.”
Pointing to the Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, which is headquartered in Chennai and has around 6,000 branches all over south India, the CM asked, “Is there any Uttar Bharat Tamil Prachar Sabha or Dravida Bhasha Sabha established in north India?”
Referring to a social media post by former Telangana Governor and BJP leader Tamilisai Soundararajan, greeting him on his 72nd birthday in three languages including Telugu, Stalin said, “She (Tamilisai) did not learn Telugu from school. Since she worked in a Telugu-speaking state, she would have learnt it by practice. This shows the stand of Dravidian movement that there is no necessity to learn a third language (mandatorily from an early age). If necessary, anybody can learn and employ any language.”