MK Stalin, chief minister, Tamil Nadu has announced the constitution of a high-level panel to frame a new State Education Policy (SEP). The panel was headed by D Murugesan, former chief justice of Delhi High Court.
The 13-member committee comprises experts from diverse fields including academics and state planning commission which includes Viswanathan Anand, Indian chess grandmaster, T M Krishna, author and activist, and L Jawaharnesan former vice chancellor of Saveetha University. The panel would submit its recommendations to frame the new SEP within a year, an official release quoting the chief minister said.
During the 2021 – 22 budget, the government had said that it would constitute an expert committee to frame the SEP according to Tamil Nadu’s ancient culture and its current position and future objectives.
R Ramanujam, retired professor, Institute of Mathematical Science, Sulthan Ismail and R Sreenivasan, state planning commission members, Aruna Ratnam, former education specialist with the UNICEF, S Ramakrishnan, Tamil writer, Tulsidas, educationists and S Madasamy, headmaster of Government Panchayat Union Middle School, Kichankuppam, Nagapattinam district, R Balu and Jayashree Damodaran, Agaram Foundation are among the other members of the committee.
With inputs from PTI
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