more-inThe Association of University Teachers (AUT), Tamil Nadu, during a convention on minority institutions, unanimously resolved to urge the Central government to withdraw the draft National Policy on Education (NPE) 2016. The AUT, Tamil Nadu, recently organised a convention on ‘The changing profile of the minority institutions and their polemic against the community vis-à-vis the official polity and plight of the employees’ in Vellore. The convention resolved to urge the State government to open separate hostels for men and women — one each for college and high school students — belonging to minority communities in the district headquarters. The convention resolved to urge the State government to utilise the Central grantfor the welfare of minority communities. For students of Tamil-medium, the AUT convention urged the government to grant parallel aided programmes in Tamil medium to facilitate continuum with the school curriculum in colleges without the need for empowering them to pursue higher education through English medium.

Source: The Hindu January 22, 2018 19:07 UTC